Humphrey Jennings Movies

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

One of the last voyages of a commercial sailing ship on a trip from Cornwall.

Short documentary on the use of the V-1 Flying Bomb during the German bombings of London.

A Defeated People is a 1946 British documentary short film made by the Crown Film Unit, directed by Humphrey Jennings and narrated by William...

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

A documentary by Humphrey Jennings about the modernization of coal mines in Cumberland.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of...

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications. This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1...

Piano virtuosa Myra Hess performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, known as the "Appassionata", on stage in a concert hall....

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. 'Cargoes' follows the S.S. Ionian as she delivers her cargo around the Mediterranean - her final peacetime...