
Directing
Harry Watt
Born — Died
1906-10-18 — 1987-04-02
Place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known for
Directing
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40 titles
Raymond Egerton Harry Watt (18 October 1906 – 2 April 1987) was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film The Siege of Pinchgut was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of the Scottish Liberal MP Harry Watt. He studied at Edinburgh University but failed to complete his degree. He enlisted in the Merchant Navy and worked in a number of industrial jobs.
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The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Film '72
1971
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Cavalcanti
2026
6.3An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
9.0The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
6.1A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
For Those in Peril
1944
6.0Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.
North Sea
1938
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
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Behind the camera
6.3An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
6.3An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
9.0The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
9.0The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.
Vidunderhunden Bara
1961
6.1A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
For Those in Peril
1944
6.0Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.
North Sea
1938
6.0Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.
North Sea
1938
6.4The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they can be relieved.
Nine Men
1943
6.4The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they can be relieved.
Nine Men
1943
5.5Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.
West of Zanzibar
1954
6.3A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.
Where No Vultures Fly
1951
6.0It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.
The Overlanders
1946
6.0It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the continent, from Wyndham in Western Australia through the Northern Territory outback of Australia to pastures north of Brisbane, Queensland.
The Overlanders
1946
6.0In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Eureka Stockade
1949
6.0In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Eureka Stockade
1949
8.4Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
Fiddlers Three
1944
6.6A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
London Can Take It!
1940
6.0Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.
Save Your Shillings and Smile
1943
8.0The film tells the story of a boy and his great love for horses, especially a beautiful white stallion, to which he becomes very attached. When he hears that the horse is to be slaughtered, he flees with it, and it becomes an escape that is not without drama.
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
8.0The film tells the story of a boy and his great love for horses, especially a beautiful white stallion, to which he becomes very attached. When he hears that the horse is to be slaughtered, he flees with it, and it becomes an escape that is not without drama.
The Boy Who Loved Horses
1961
6.6How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
Christmas Under Fire
1940
2.0Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
6.30 Collection
1934
A rare dramatic production for the GPO, although it is told in documentary style. It shows two fishermen who lose their boat and manage to save to buy another, and is intended to show people how one can scrimp and save.
The Saving of Bill Blewitt
1936
6.2This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
Night Mail
1938
6.2This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
Night Mail
1938
Sponsored by the Ministry of Information and shown as part of cinema programmes throughout the Second World War, this short film takes place halfway through the Battle of Britain and at the beginning of the Blitz, during sustained bombing raids on UK cities.
The Story of an Air Communiqué
1940
NRThe organisation of medical services in Britain during the Second World War.
Health in War
1940
5.9This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of the Royal Air Force from Commander-in-Chief to aircraft hand, re-enacting his own daily life on the job. They are the men and women who actually direct, plan and execute the raids.
Target for Tonight
1941
7.0Londoners prepare for war.
The First Days
1939
NRThe building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
1935
7.0A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst and at just how ready they were to fight back.
Twenty-One Miles
1942
The world's press gather at Dover, England awaiting a threatened German attack.
The Front Line
1940
8.0Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.
Britain at Bay
1940
6.0Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.
Squadron 992
1940
Directed by Harry Watt.
Big Money
1937



