Humphrey Jennings Movies
- 1944
V. 1
V. 161944HD
Short documentary on the use of the V-1 Flying Bomb during the German bombings of London.
- 1940
Welfare of the Workers
Welfare of the Workers61940HD
A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...
- 1941
The Heart of Britain
The Heart of Britain6.71941HD
Documentary by Humphrey Jennings
- 1941
This Is England
This Is England61941HD
Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.
- 1939
S.S. Ionian
S.S. Ionian6.21939HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
- 1938
English Harvest
English Harvest61938HD
The harvest of a pre-war British farm.
- 1938
The Farm
The Farm5.71938HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
- 1934
The Story of the Wheel
The Story of the Wheel5.51934HD
The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.
- 1941
Words for Battle
Words for Battle6.21941HD
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...
- 1938
Penny Journey
Penny Journey5.51938HD
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...
- 1944
The Eighty Days
The Eighty Days01944HD
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...
- 1937
Farewell Topsails
Farewell Topsails61937HD
One of the last voyages of a commercial sailing ship on a trip from Cornwall.
- 1949
The Dim Little Island
The Dim Little Island01949HD
Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.
- 1945
Myra Hess
Myra Hess31945HD
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....
- 1938
Speaking from America
Speaking from America5.51938HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications. This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1...
- 1939
Cargoes
Cargoes5.51939HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. 'Cargoes' follows the S.S. Ionian as she delivers her cargo around the Mediterranean - her final peacetime...
- 1948
The Cumberland Story
The Cumberland Story01948HD
A documentary by Humphrey Jennings about the modernization of coal mines in Cumberland.