Movies: E. V. H. Emmett
- 1947
The Way to the West (1947)
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Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall....
- 1947
Ulster Story (1947)
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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....
- 1957
Isle of Levant (1957)
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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!...
- 1940
Seashores (1940)
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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....
- 1956
Cabaret Girl (1956)
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This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl....
- 1940
Civilian Front (1940)
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E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort....
- 1937
Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children (1937)
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Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England]....
- 1944
Memories (1944)
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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...
- 1953
The Real Thing (1953)
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The World's First Three Dimensional Advertising Film In Colour for Capstan cigarettes....
- 1963
Fight for the F.A. Cup (1963)
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The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium....
- 1955
Where Strangers Meet (1955)
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A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s....
- 1930
Plants of the Underworld (1930)
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The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography....
- 1940
Wisdom of the Wild (1940)
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Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front....
- 1936
Safety First (1936)
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A Secrets of Life short....
- 1937
Perky Cockney (1937)
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The perky Cockneys are London sparrows, who star in this natural history film....
- 1945
Fresh As a Daisy (1945)
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A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy....
- 1955
On the Barrier Reef (1955)
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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....
- 1940
Shipbuilders (1940)
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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...
- 1940
4 and 20 Fit Girls (1940)
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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....
- 1939
Shadow in the Stream (1939)
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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."...