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The building and launch of an ocean liner.

An excellent swimmer, Michael Scott is chosen to represent his school at a swimming competition but his nerves unfortunately fail him and he does not stand on the podium. His parents try to comfort him but in vain. His mother, a former circus artist, then urges him to accept an invitation to spend a month at the big top where she once worked. Mrs Prada, Mrs. Scott's former partner, has indeed invited the boy to join her and her two children and to share their lives during this time. Michael finally accepts and soon makes friends with Florence and George. Brother and sister are currently training for a funambulist act. Interested in their specialty, Michel starts learning how to walk on a tightrope too.

The British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.

A film based on the story by Leo Tolstoy about a shoemaker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

The efforts of some children to assist an Austrian Forest Ranger who is threatened with dismissal unless he can stop a poacher from stealing deer from his area.

Dramatised documentary on venereal disease.

Men run, jump. throw, and dribble, to keep fit for Britain's war effort.

A short, 15-minute, 1940 documentary looking at women's local village hall fitness classes during WWII.

The action takes place in France during the Revolution. An aristocrat returns to his homeland to save his wife and daughter. Get caught and thrown in prison, will they manage to escape with the help of a servant?

How plants and animals defend themselves against difficult weather conditions and their natural enemies.

A children's documentary about trekkers in the 19th century, showing the journey from gold fields in Rhodesia to the Transvaal and clashes with the Matabele.

This dramatized documentary short film explains "the gap," the areas of British air-raid defense which are unattended due to shortages of manpower. Airmen and gunnery soldiers are told that, while Britain is well-protected against air raids in some areas, there are not enough men manning the searchlights and anti-aircraft guns to cover securely the entire country. A call goes out for volunteers among the civilian and military reserve populations to provide the necessary workforce for adequate protection. Meanwhile, a hypothetical air raid demonstrates the danger of leaving some areas unprotected.

A passionate and ambitious appeal for socialist planning.

Part promotional, part educational 'British Social Hygiene Council' sponsored film is focused on the two main venereal diseases of the time, syphilis and gonorrhoea. The film takes the form of a lecturer type presentation and animated sequences. The Road to Health is presented largely as a moral one.

Documentary look at the life cycle of a frog.

Short film made at the request of the Air Ministry Chief Inspector of Accidents highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage.

Documentary for children, showing the development of agriculture in Suffolk from the Stone Age to the 1930s when manual labour was first being replaced by machinery such as tractors, balers and combine harvesters.