Basil Wright

The cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese.

Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight (imdb)

Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas. (imdb)

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people. (imdb)

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.