Montagu Slater

A story about a true mining accident. (imdb)

This 47-minute documentary, financed by HRH's government, won an Oscar in the special category, and most of it was later edited into a 1953 two-segment documentary called "Savage World" by the same crew of film-makers listed on this film. The story here is about an African tribe that is working to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

An introduction to all the instruments in the contemporary symphony orchestra.

A documentary record of an extraordinary journey by road, over several days, of a 132-foot fractionating column from Greenwich to Glasgow.

Drama and romance in the lives of those working at Southampton Docks.

Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro-ecological message is always present, but never so much as to degenerate into fatuous speechmaking.