Movies: Strand Film Company
- 1945
Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
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The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid....
- 1943
A Welcome to Britain (1943)
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An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes thr...
- 1945
The Echo Murders (1945)
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Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes....
- 1938
Behind the Scenes (1938)
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A playful and affectionate look at London Zoo and the people and animals who make up its daily life....
- 1942
New Towns for Old (1942)
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Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII....
- 1943
The People's Land (1943)
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A short documentary about the work of the National Trust in Great Britain...
- 1936
The Way to the Sea (1936)
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A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden....
- 1929
The Feather (1929)
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'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)...
- 1944
Our Country (1944)
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A romantic tour of Britain set to Dylan Thomas's poetry....
- 1937
Eastern Valley (1937)
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Unemployed miners in South Wales are helped to form a Subsistence Production Society to farm and produce goods co-operatively....
- 1942
This Is Colour (1942)
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A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products....
- 1941
Night Watch (1941)
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Two lovers search for some privacy to kiss during the blitz....
- 1940
Tomorrow Is Theirs (1940)
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Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough schooling in spite of wartime obstacles....
- 1941
Tank Patrol (1941)
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Made in 1941, this stirring Ministry of Information dramatisation tells the story of a Crusader tank crew trapped behind enemy lines in the Desert. With no intercom, a wounded crewman and little fuel, they must fight their way through an Italian colu...
- 1937
Today We Live (1937)
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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, Gloucestershire, and the building of an occupational centre in the depressed mining village of Pentre in t...
- 1943
These Are the Men (1943)
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Anti nazi short....
- 1938
The Duchy of Cornwall (1938)
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This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries....
- 1940
Village School (1940)
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A real Buckinghamshire schoolteacher - the kindly Mrs James - is the star of this persuasive WWII propaganda film. Shot on location in Ashley Green, it shows how evacuees from surrounding towns adapt to village life and wartime conditions. With its i...
- 1942
Balloon Site 568 (1942)
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Women from a variety of professions sign up to join a volunteer group looking after barrage balloons. Working through all weathers and all hours, after an eleven-week initial training period, they are committed to their work as well as their leisure-...
- 1942
A.1. At Lloyd's (1942)
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A description of Lloyd’s services to world shipping and the story of a voyage from Valparaiso to Hull. The S.S. Armadillo, ‘100 A 1’ at Lloyd’s sets out with a valuable cargo on her adventurous voyage; she is reported missing; her safe arrival is ann...