01 January 1952 Factual 4 mins
Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider question of how much the camera can reveal of the person.
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Margaret Tait as Narrator
Margaret Tait Director
United Kingdom 01 January 1952
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01 January 1952
Documentary about Borneo, the island of beauty, passion and demons
30 April 1952
St. Peter is exasperated with the antics of Kerubin, a mischievous little angel. So he sends Kerubin to Earth with the proviso that she cannot return to heaven until she makes one sad soul happy.
04 May 1952
Lilian is engaged to engineer Arne. To make him more interested in her, she meets a few other men.
01 February 1952
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
11 September 1952
Chinese Opera from Hong Kong directed by Lau Fong.
01 March 1952
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
24 December 1952
In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of the Indian Ocean, live in an impregnable natural fortress, killing, robbing and plundering with impunity, so the British Navy hatches a daring plan to destroy them.
02 February 1952
Canada, rich in uranium, is harnessing atomic science for peacetime living. This film provides a progress report on nuclear research conducted at the atomic energy plant at Chalk River, Ontario, and shows some of the constructive applications of atomic energy carried out in hospitals (including Canada's celebrated "cobalt bomb"), in agricultural experimental stations and in industry.
02 January 1952
Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners.
18 May 1952
Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta.
22 March 1952
A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.
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