John Taylor

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

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

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

Short documentary in which a merchant seaman talks about being torpedoed during World War II

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount...

A record of a winter journey, when a farmer decides to move his whole stock by rail from Yorkshire to Sussex.

Behind Britain's railway modernisation lies research, design and development. Research ensures in various ways that passengers travel fast, safely...

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

Neptune, an automatic and electronically equipped track fault recorder; Tinsley marshalling yard; freight trains - cement, limestone, cars; Reading...

Part of the Canada Carries On series, this short film portrays the First Division of the Canadian Active Service Force in Aldershot, England. Using...

Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

Southampton's role as a major cargo centre, showing cargo operations at the deep water quays and in the modern transit sheds.

Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain...