John Taylor

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern hospitals, schools and services.

Southampton's role as a major cargo centre, showing cargo operations at the deep water quays and in the modern transit sheds.

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

A record of a winter journey, when a farmer decides to move his whole stock by rail from Yorkshire to Sussex.

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern hospitals, schools and services.

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern hospitals, schools and services.

Southampton's role as a major cargo centre, showing cargo operations at the deep water quays and in the modern transit sheds.

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

A record of a winter journey, when a farmer decides to move his whole stock by rail from Yorkshire to Sussex.

Documentary focusing on the conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent downing of civilian airliner MH17. With access to both Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, the film offers a unique insight into this war on Europe's doorstep.

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain Cook. As the camera moves across outstanding monuments of their work and relics of their achievements from Syon House to Greenwich, members of the Old Vic Company speak appropriate passages from the literature of the mid-eighteenth century. The musical score was specially composed by the late Sir Arnold Bax.

Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.

Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

Part of the Canada Carries On series, this short film portrays the First Division of the Canadian Active Service Force in Aldershot, England. Using an intimate letter home as a narrative device, this film reveals how the troops were received, what their living conditions were like, how they would get along with their English allies and how they spent their leisure time.

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Neptune, an automatic and electronically equipped track fault recorder; Tinsley marshalling yard; freight trains - cement, limestone, cars; Reading station and signal box; the laying of long welded rails; Toton diesel maintainance depot; new electrification multiple unit rolling stock for service from Euston, locomotive cab training simulator, Willesden control room; Cross-Channel - launching the SS Dover... are topics featured in this film.

Short documentary in which a merchant seaman talks about being torpedoed during World War II

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory of England's churches, selects and describes a church built in each of the last nine centuries, from Norman times to the present day. Accompanied by the music of Peter Racine Fricker, he reveals the beauty and riches of architecture, decoration, carving and sculpture aged in mellow stone and weathered glass; the art of the wood carver and the sculptor, and in doing so finds that through the centuries the portrayal of the human face and figure has been an unfailing source of inspiration to all who have brought their talents to the service of the Church.

Behind Britain's railway modernisation lies research, design and development. Research ensures in various ways that passengers travel fast, safely and in comfort. Design and development yield new vehicles, equipment and methods; from motor-car conveyors to micro-wave communications. The electrification of the busiest mainline in the world also depends on research, design and development.

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers of the medium.

A stark warning about Britain’s coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner gas/electric power, processed smokeless fuels, and better housing—presaging the Great Smog of 1952 and the Clean Air Act of 1956.

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty.