Crown Film Unit Movies
- 1941
Target for Tonight
Target for Tonight5.81941HD
This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of...
- 1943
Fires Were Started
Fires Were Started6.11943HD
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...
- 1945
A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy6.61945HD
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
- 1942
Listen to Britain
Listen to Britain6.11942HD
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...
- 1943
The Silent Village
The Silent Village6.81943HD
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
- 1941
Words for Battle
Words for Battle6.21941HD
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...
- 1951
Mary's Birthday
Mary's Birthday4.51951HD
The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.
- 1950
Four Men in Prison
Four Men in Prison01950HD
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
- 1949
Daybreak in Udi
Daybreak in Udi4.41949HD
An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the...
- 1950
The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen
The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen61950HD
Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.
- 1951
The White Continent
The White Continent71951HD
An account of the first expedition to the Queen Maud Land region of Antarctica.
- 1941
The Heart of Britain
The Heart of Britain6.751941HD
Documentary by Humphrey Jennings
- 1949
The People at No. 19
The People at No. 194.51949HD
Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...
- 1951
Life in Her Hands
Life in Her Hands01951HD
A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
- 1948
Copy Book Please
Copy Book Please01948HD
This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.
- 1941
This Is England
This Is England71941HD
Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.
- 1944
Two Fathers
Two Fathers71944HD
An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.
- 1942
Malta G.C.
Malta G.C.01942HD
Short WW II documentary
- 1951
Out of True
Out of True61951HD
A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete...
- 1945
The Channel Islands 1940-1945
The Channel Islands 1940-194541945HD
The occupation of the Channel Islands.