Movies: E. V. H. Emmett

  • 1947
    The Way to the West

    The Way to the West (1947)

    The Way to the West

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    Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall....

    The Way to the West
  • 1947
    Ulster Story

    Ulster Story (1947)

    Ulster Story

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    Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast....

    Ulster Story
  • 1957
    Isle of Levant

    Isle of Levant (1957)

    Isle of Levant

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    A documentary on the island off the French Riviera where 'bathing in the buff' isn't just practiced, it's highly encouraged!...

    Isle of Levant
  • 1940
    Seashores

    Seashores (1940)

    Seashores

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    On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its original run in the cinema....

    Seashores
  • 1956
    Cabaret Girl

    Cabaret Girl (1956)

    Cabaret Girl

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    This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl....

    Cabaret Girl
  • 1940
    Civilian Front

    Civilian Front (1940)

    Civilian Front

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    E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort....

    Civilian Front
  • 1937
    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children (1937)

    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

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    Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England]....

    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children
  • 1944
    Memories

    Memories (1944)

    Memories

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    History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells the story of the village's famous son, Rev Gilbert White, whose 1789 book The Natural History and An...

    Memories
  • 1953
    The Real Thing

    The Real Thing (1953)

    The Real Thing

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    The World's First Three Dimensional Advertising Film In Colour for Capstan cigarettes....

    The Real Thing
  • 1963
    Fight for the F.A. Cup

    Fight for the F.A. Cup (1963)

    Fight for the F.A. Cup

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    The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium....

    Fight for the F.A. Cup
  • 1955
    Where Strangers Meet

    Where Strangers Meet (1955)

    Where Strangers Meet

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    A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s....

    Where Strangers Meet
  • 1930
    Plants of the Underworld

    Plants of the Underworld (1930)

    Plants of the Underworld

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    The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography....

    Plants of the Underworld
  • 1940
    Wisdom of the Wild

    Wisdom of the Wild (1940)

    Wisdom of the Wild

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    Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front....

    Wisdom of the Wild
  • 1936
    Safety First

    Safety First (1936)

    Safety First

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    A Secrets of Life short....

    Safety First
  • 1937
    Perky Cockney

    Perky Cockney (1937)

    Perky Cockney

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    The perky Cockneys are London sparrows, who star in this natural history film....

    Perky Cockney
  • 1945
    Fresh As a Daisy

    Fresh As a Daisy (1945)

    Fresh As a Daisy

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    A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy....

    Fresh As a Daisy
  • 1955
    On the Barrier Reef

    On the Barrier Reef (1955)

    On the Barrier Reef

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    Armand and Michaela Denis visit the Barrier Reef and explore the mysteries of life there - animals, birds, fish and plants, the underwater life. Climax shows seabirds invading young turtles as they struggle to reach the sea....

    On the Barrier Reef
  • 1940
    Shipbuilders

    Shipbuilders (1940)

    Shipbuilders

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    Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett, about the nature and importance of their work - with the occasional dig at the expense of their colle...

    Shipbuilders
  • 1940
    4 and 20 Fit Girls

    4 and 20 Fit Girls (1940)

    4 and 20 Fit Girls

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    Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape....

    4 and 20 Fit Girls
  • 1939
    Shadow in the Stream

    Shadow in the Stream (1939)

    Shadow in the Stream

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    Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The narrator claims that the short features "the first film ever taken of an otter swimming underwater."...

    Shadow in the Stream