David Gladwell

Most Popular David Gladwell Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

Terminus Trailer (1961)

01 December 1961

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.

Bombay Talkie Trailer (1970)

18 November 1970

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.

Nineteen Nineteen Trailer (1985)

14 November 1985

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.

New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By Trailer (1976)

16 December 1976

Humphrey Burton introduces two Omnibus USA reports on the arts in New York... that is the arts in the streets, away from the museums and the concert halls.

O Lucky Man! Trailer (1973)

25 March 1973

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Aberdeen by Seaside and Deeside Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

The attractions of the Scottish city of Aberdeen and the surrounding area.

Smoking and You Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

Jemima + Johnny Trailer (1966)

26 September 1966

A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.

if.... Trailer (1968)

19 December 1968

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth.

Lost Angels Trailer (1989)

05 May 1989

Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum.

Miss Thompson Goes Shopping Trailer (1958)

02 January 1958

Adaptation of Martin Armstrong's poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can't see.

The Great Steam Fair Trailer (1964)

02 January 1964

Co-directed by innovative British filmmakers David Gladwell and Derrick Knight, The Great Steam Fair is a beautifully crafted documentary filmed at Shottesbrooke Park, Berkshire in 1964 at a nostalgic event which brought together many traditional fairground rides and steam engines.

A Summer Discord Trailer (1955)

07 August 1955

David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) was just 20 years old when he made A summer Discord, an imaginative amateur, silent short film set in the countryside which tells the story of a little girl who is reprimanded by her mother.

Can Horses Sing? Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Elizabeth Sussex's exquisite documentary about a rural Scottish school, edited by Gladwell.

28b Camden Street Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

A community of sculptors (and a potter) face crisis as their London NW1 studios are threatened with demolition.

New Way at Northgate Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

Faces of Harlow Trailer (1964)

02 January 1964

The planning, development and life of a new town exemplified by Harlow in South-East England, illustrating its problems and progress.

Hot Water Adventure Trailer (1963)

20 July 1963

A promotional film for the Reykjavík district heating. The film blends documentary footage with a narrative adventure following two kids who get lost in the overwhelming industrial environment of the district heating factory.

The People’s Land, Eskimos of Pond Inlet Trailer (1976)

12 January 1976

For the Eskimos of Pond Inlet - a new village in North Baffin Island in which they have been settled by the Canadian Government – the life of the semi-nomadic hunter has given way to that of wage-labourer, in what appears as a pre-fabricated 'township'.

An Untitled Film Trailer (1964)

27 September 1964

A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.

The Fake Van Goghs Trailer (1997)

06 April 1997

Was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, a fake? This documentary explores the authenticity of the "Sunflowers" painting by Vincent Van Gogh, bought in the late 1980s for a then record sum by a Japanese insurance company.

Memoirs of a Survivor Trailer (1981)

01 September 1981

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society.

Bette Davis Trailer (1972)

17 December 1972

Bette Davis talks with Joan Bakewell and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London.

Earthstars Trailer (1985)

29 December 1985

A young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travelers and the bright light which they follow.

The Country and the City Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

A translation to film of Raymond Williams’ 1973 book of the same title which traces images of ‘nature’ and ‘town’ through 200 years of English literature.

A Time to Heal Trailer (1963)

02 January 1963

A look at some of the 3000 men who go through miners' rehabilitation centres each year, of whom 19 out of every 20 go back to mining.

A Man You Don't Meet Every Day Trailer (1994)

09 November 1994

It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish mechanic.

Requiem for a Village Trailer (1975)

01 December 1975

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.