Movies: British Movietone News

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s young life up to her ascension to the throne....

A BAFTA award nominated documentary investigating the background behind the disturbances in Ulster; the history of the province and the position held by the army in its task of maintaining peace....

A brief review of the 1955 Farnborough Air Show....

'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War, as well as a showing a glimpse of the royal family's private life in the gardens at Windsor....

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952....

Britain and Turkey had not always enjoyed the ‘special’ friendship referred to in the commentary. Their armies were on opposing sides in the First World War and there had been disagreementt over the future of Cyprus in the run up to the settlement of...

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material....

In the middle of a six-week tour of the Indian sub-continent between January and March 1961, the Queen and Prince Philip visited Pakistan and East Pakistan, now Bangladesh....

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow....

A BAFTA award nominated travelogue of Egypt, Iran, Lebanon and Greece....

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show....

A short documentary made for the British government covering the Allied war effort in Europe in the year leading up to D-Day. Part of a series that continues to V-E Day....

This film supplements footage from "the first colour newsreel" with other colour scenes from the day to create "the first specially edited colour feature in screen journalism". Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion"....