Humphrey Jennings Movies

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. 'Cargoes' follows the S.S. Ionian as she delivers her cargo around the Mediterranean - her final peacetime...

Piano virtuosa Myra Hess performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, known as the "Appassionata", on stage in a concert hall....

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

A Defeated People is a 1946 British documentary short film made by the Crown Film Unit, directed by Humphrey Jennings and narrated by William...

Short documentary on the use of the V-1 Flying Bomb during the German bombings of London.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications. This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1...

The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.

Rubber rooftops and bomber-size fly paper suspended in the sky? Gad Sir, bring on the Blitz! David Low’s success as a cartoonist in the 1930s...

Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

A documentary by Humphrey Jennings about the modernization of coal mines in Cumberland.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...