Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

Documentary on savings

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

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...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951...

Where he goes, he doesn't need luggage... A very talkative traveler settles in the only wagon occupied by a man with a strange diction. The train is...

The laying of underground telephone cables.