Stuart Legg Movies

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

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...

The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with...

This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The...

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

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,...

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

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

Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight...

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

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

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

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.

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...

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

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

A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.