Stuart Legg Movies

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Documentary short about how Britain is improving after WWII and what the populace can do to help.

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...

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s...

The end of WWII has brought much hardship to Western Europe, especially in the area of food security and availability. The war has wiped out much of...

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

Spotlight on the Colonies places particular emphasis on the economic benefits that continued investment and development within the colonies will...

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,...

A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries.

A dramatized documentary portraying youth unemployment and state-supported training initiatives in 1930s Canada.

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.

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

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

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney,...

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

Commissioned by the Festival of Britain to show the similarities and contrasts between 1851 and 1951, by means of the Great Exhibition and the...

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

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