Leslie Mitchell Movies

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edgar Anstey

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dinah Sheridan

Account of the French expedition to the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi in 1951; includes shots of the relief expedition led by Sherpa Tensing and some...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roger Duplat

The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Nigel Patrick

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...

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Cast: Frankie Vaughan

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Genre: Romance

Cast: Gracie Fields

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

Genre: Music

Cast: Jack Buchanan

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stewart Rome

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

'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,...

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Will Hay

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

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Cast: Bessie Love

Visit to concentration camps.

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...

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Cast: Malcolm McDonald

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell