Stuart Legg Movies

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak...

This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The...

Made at the end of WWII, this documentary looks at Britain's post-war period. During a time of economic hardship, Prime Minister Winston Churchill is...

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against...

Adapted from the book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J Villiers, Windjammer is a beautifully-filmed record of the last journey of the Grace Harwar, a...

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and...

Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time,...

Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.

This wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.

The first film ever distributed by the NFB, The Case of Charlie Gordon focuses on an unemployed young Canadian who has never held a job. In the late...

This short film focuses on the period between World War I and World War II when France was struck by riots, strikes and economic stress. During the...

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.

Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Harwell's nuclear research establishment and the peaceful applications of atomic energy.

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.