Crown Film Unit Movies

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

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

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

In a follow up to 'A Welcome to Britain', Burgess Meredith returns to look at a post-war Britain.

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...

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...

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.

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

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

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

Short WW II documentary

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

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

This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of...

A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all...

Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day...

One of the first European films commissioned by the countries that signes the Brussels treaty and filmed in the museums of Brussels, Amsterdam,...

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

A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.