Crown Film Unit Movies

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

Short WW II documentary

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.

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...

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.

A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

Depicts the aftermath of German air raids on Britain with V1 rockets during World War II.

A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow...

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

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by...

This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.

Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and...

Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause...

Documentary short about how Britain is improving after WWII and what the populace can do to help.

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.