Stuart Legg Movies

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Adapted from the book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J Villiers, Windjammer is a beautifully-filmed record of the last journey of the Grace Harwar, a...

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and...

Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight...

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney,...

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with...

An explanation of what is involved in the devaluation of sterling.

A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.

Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.

Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time,...

Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against...

This wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.

A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

A playful and affectionate look at London Zoo and the people and animals who make up its daily life.