Humphrey Jennings Movies

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

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

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...

The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking...

A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...

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

The Eighty Days is a short, simple piece which follows an air attack over British soil and the efforts to stop it, leading to the prevention of a new...

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...

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 by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

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

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

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