Bernard Miles

A family vacationing in Morocco accidently stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. (imdb)

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. (imdb)

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. (imdb)

This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. (imdb)

The Forest Queen grants the wish of Jonathan, the woodcutter, and his wife, Anna. (imdb)

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home. (imdb)

A "documentary" style film to praise the R.A.F. at the start of World War II. The 'Michael Powell' touch adds to the stock footage to bring us the people involved in a bomber attack on the Keil Canal and a Spitfire night fighter repulsion of the Nazi bombers. (imdb)

When a German U-Boat captain is sent on a spying mission to the North of Scotland during World War One, he finds more than he bargained for in his contact, the local schoolmistress. (imdb)

Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough... (imdb)

A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish. (imdb)

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her racial origins were much more mixed, public prejudices and those of the officers themselves are exposed. (imdb)

An Afghan Outlaw finally saves a British Officer at the cost of his own life. (imdb)

An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F. (imdb)

An American correspondent and his Russian ballerina wife are separated by the Soviet authorities. (TCM.com)

Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch. (imdb)

The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. He kills him in a fair duel. Later, when Charles the 2nd is reinstated as King of England, she attends the royal court. But here she becomes the enemy of the king's former mistress and the plot against her thickens. (imdb)

Philip Ransome, a northern English boy about 10 years old, has been mute since age 3 and spends his days roaming the moors alone. His parents despair of a cure. One day he sees a singular wild albino pony with blue eyes and befriends it avidly. A kindly retired colonel who accepts Philip as he is, a girl his age, and a pet falcon she gives him provide him with more things to love and care about. Gradually Philip emerges from his shell. But the way out is full of heartbreak and setbacks. (imdb)

Meg, a WWII widow, is about to marry the affluent Geoffrey, but over the last three months, she's been receiving envelopes that include a photo of a man who appears to be her dead husband, Martin. Accompanying the last photo was a note telling her to meet Martin on the 3:23 Southend train on the 1st of November. Fearing blackmail, Meg and Geoffrey have contacted the police, and Chief Inspector Luke (Christopher Rhodes) and a handful of men are there to grab the man who may or may not be Martin.

Comedy of the efforts made by the entire village and the army to preserve rare birds nesting in a meadow, even from egg-stealers. (BFI)

A plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. (imdb)

Of the many films (English and American) bearing the title Carnival, only one was based on the Compton MacKenzie novel of the same name. This 1946 melodrama stars Sally Gray as a 19th century ballet dancer who makes an unfortunate career move by marrying a taciturn Cornish farmer (Bernard Miles). Sally soon longs for the bright lights of the big city, and for the arms of her artist lover (Michael Wilding). (allmovie.com)

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead. (imdb)

When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance. (imdb)

The story involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I. The surprise herein is that the German is Constance Bennett, one hundred percent sympathetic and (eventually) apolitical. Douglass Montgomery is the prisoner, first discovered in Connie's bathroom while the police scramble through her apartment building. Despite the possibility of being liquidated as a traitor, Ms. (allmovie.com)

A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power. (imdb)

Jack Read, a working-class boy, wins a scholarship to a public school as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together. He meets much snobbery along the way as he strives to earn acceptance from his fellow students and some of the teaching staff. (imdb)

Mary Lee is the new head of a Chemistry Laboratory. Thompson and his work-mates are resentful of her appointment and try to make her fall in love with John in the hope that this will make her neglect her work. (imdb)

During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman. (imdb)

Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. (imdb)

On the eve of the Nazi occupation, spies in Paris try to outguess each other.

Lem Putt specializes in building outdoor lavatories. (imdb)

A documentary on the work of artist Henry Moore.

Viewers are shown how to minimize wear to clothing, an important thing to do during World War Two.