E. V. H. Emmett Movies

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells...

A Secrets of Life short.

Miniature railways, out-of-the-way single track lines and some of the great loco motives in use in Switzerland and Norway.

A Secrets of Life short about waterfowl.

On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its...

A Secrets of Life short about the Sparrow Hawk.

"If they were as rare as orchids we would probably rave about them" opens this film in the Secrets of Nature series, directed by the prolific Mary...

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

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...

They Made the Land (1938) is a documentary showcasing how land in Scotland was reclaimed and cultivated for agriculture. It explores the challenges...

A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short.

A look at the Grand National horse race at held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, where we see the winning horse, jockey and trainer.

A Secrets of Life short about the tawny owl.

This film shows how and why the animals which inhabit a pond are dependent one on another for their survival. We see the minnow in pursuit of water...

A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s.

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.