Humphrey Jennings 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...

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many...

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.

Londoners prepare for war.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

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.

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place...

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...

One of the last voyages of a commercial sailing ship on a trip from Cornwall.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

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