Humphrey Jennings Movies

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

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

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

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....

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

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...

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

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

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

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.

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...

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings