Stuart Legg Movies

  • 1964
    Under Stress

    Under Stress

    Under Stress

    01964HD

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

    Under Stress
  • 1936
    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    6.11936HD

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

    Night Mail
  • 1930
    The Windjammer

    The Windjammer

    The Windjammer

    01930HD

    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...

    The Windjammer
  • 1940
    Atlantic Patrol

    Atlantic Patrol

    Atlantic Patrol

    01940HD

    A wartime documentary following Canadian convoy operations and naval escort duties in the North Atlantic during the early years of World War II.

    Atlantic Patrol
  • 1951
    Forward a Century

    Forward a Century

    Forward a Century

    01951HD

    Commissioned by the Festival of Britain to show the similarities and contrasts between 1851 and 1951, by means of the Great Exhibition and the...

    Forward a Century
  • 2025
    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    02025HD

    Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
  • 1941
    Warclouds in the Pacific

    Warclouds in the Pacific

    Warclouds in the Pacific

    5.51941HD

    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...

    Warclouds in the Pacific
  • 1941
    Churchill's Island

    Churchill's Island

    Churchill's Island

    6.41941HD

    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...

    Churchill's Island
  • 1937
    Eastern Valley

    Eastern Valley

    Eastern Valley

    01937HD

    Unemployed miners in South Wales are helped to form a Subsistence Production Society to farm and produce goods co-operatively.

    Eastern Valley
  • 1935
    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    01935HD

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

    BBC: The Voice of Britain
  • 1938
    Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes

    01938HD

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

    Behind the Scenes
  • 1957
    Song of the Clouds

    Song of the Clouds

    Song of the Clouds

    01957HD

    A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications...

    Song of the Clouds
  • 1935
    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    6.0881935HD

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

    Coal Face
  • 1935
    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    01935HD

    Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye
  • 1942
    Inside Fighting China

    Inside Fighting China

    Inside Fighting China

    51942HD

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

    Inside Fighting China
  • 1938
    The Duchy of Cornwall

    The Duchy of Cornwall

    The Duchy of Cornwall

    61938HD

    This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries.

    The Duchy of Cornwall
  • 1944
    Global Air Routes

    Global Air Routes

    Global Air Routes

    01944HD

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

    Global Air Routes
  • 1945
    Food: Secret of the Peace

    Food: Secret of the Peace

    Food: Secret of the Peace

    01945HD

    The end of WWII has brought much hardship to Western Europe, especially in the area of food security and availability. The war has wiped out much of...

    Food: Secret of the Peace
  • 1952
    The Stanlow Story

    The Stanlow Story

    The Stanlow Story

    61952HD

    A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

    The Stanlow Story
  • 1937
    Today We Live

    Today We Live

    Today We Live

    51937HD

    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,...

    Today We Live