James McKechnie

Acting

James McKechnie

Born 1911-04-08 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Acting credits

Painted Boats poster
7.0

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

Painted Boats

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra poster
6.2

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp poster
7.5

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

Scott of the Antarctic poster
7.2

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

No artwork available
4.8

Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.

The Eye & the Ear

1945

Two Thousand Women poster
6.9

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

Two Thousand Women

1944

A Short Vision poster
6.6

The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.

A Short Vision

1956

Bond Street poster
6.9

Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.

Bond Street

1948

No artwork available
NR

A look at Cally House, a wartime evacuation school established by the Glasgow Education Authority in Gatehouse-of-Fleet.

Cally House

1942

San Demetrio London poster
7.2

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.

San Demetrio London

1943

A City Reborn poster
NR

Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.

A City Reborn

1945

Fully Fitted Freight poster
NR

An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

Fully Fitted Freight

1957

No artwork available
NR

A profile of the Scottish inventor and his work on developing the steam engine.

James Watt

1959

The Years Between poster
6.7

After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.

The Years Between

1946

No artwork available
NR

A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.

Good Health to Scotland

1943

No artwork available
NR

A look at the manufacture of propellers in a foundry in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Men of Iron

1947

No artwork available
NR

An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.

In Black and White

1951

No artwork available
NR

Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.

A Romance of Engineering

1938

No artwork available
NR

Travelogue following a journey from Inverness to Skye in Scotland.

Road to the Isles

1946

Sport in Scotland poster
NR

An overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used.

Sport in Scotland

1938

Freedom of Aberfeldy poster
NR

A look at the Scottish town of Aberfeldy during the Second World War as troops arrive on leave.

Freedom of Aberfeldy

1943

No artwork available
NR

A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.

Look at Life: Snow Business

1961

No artwork available
NR

A documentary short on The Festival in London.

The Festival in London

1951

These Are the Men poster
8.0

Anti nazi short.

These Are the Men

1943