Arthur Elton

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The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

Captures the consumption of gas by various large kitchens in London, during a particular dinner hour.

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

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

Edgar Anstey and Arthur Elton’s sponsored documentary on Britain’s malnutrition crisis, blending expert testimony (Julian Huxley, J. B. Orr, A. V. Hill/Gowland Hopkins) with school-meal scenes and simple charts to link low income to poor diets and argue for “protective” foods and public provision. Commissioned by the gas industry, it plays like a brisk scientific lecture-film that helped push nutrition into public debate.

Combining a whimsical romantic tale, practical information about the Post Office Savings Bank, and a gently experimental film-making technique, this film entertainingly depicts some of the prospects opened up by having a savings account.

Geoffrey Bell’s Shell Film Unit short (produced by Arthur Elton) turns the history and physics of power transmission—from lever and pulley to the toothed gear—into a crisp lesson, blending live action with Francis Rodker’s animated diagrams to show how gearing underpins modern industry. Often cited as a model of clear scientific exposition.

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

An intricate and richly detailed observation of every step in the making of an aircraft engine.

Shadow on the Mountains (Arthur Elton, 1932) is a classic English pastoral, with impressionistic views of the English countryside as it expounds the virtues of farming and shepherding.

An early documentary film, sponsored by His Master's Voice, making it the first example of industrial sponsorship of a documentary film.

Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.

Public information film aimed at the unemployed, commissioned by the Ministry of Labour.