Geoffrey Hibbert

During the depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her family who are unemployed. (imdb)

A doctor enlists the help of a policeman in order to search for a blood donor with a rare blood type.

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead. (imdb)

A generation of shipbuilders is nearly wiped out by the Great Depression, but a second Great War gets them back to work.