Gaumont-British Instructional Movie Trailers
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Development of the Rabbit Trailer (1944)
08 April 1944
Part of the Senior Biology series, 'Development of the Rabbit' is a study of the gestation period of rabbits - aided by diagrammatic, microscopic, and dissection footage.
Mediaeval Castles Trailer (1950)
01 April 1950
A BAFTA nominated documentary investigating the development of the castle.
Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard Trailer (1951)
01 March 1951
A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.
London's Food Markets Trailer (1948)
17 July 1948
An educational film about how food is distributed and sold in markets in London in the late 1940s.
Farming in Spring Trailer (1935)
01 January 1935
The film opens in January, showing scenes of a frozen pond and shots of the fields. followed by young cattle, or store cattle, being turned out to graze.
How Talkies Talk Trailer (1934)
01 January 1934
Documentary explaining how double bilateral variable area optical soundtracks are recorded onto film and played back in cinemas.
A Test for Love Trailer (1937)
05 September 1937
In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.
The Little Ballerina Trailer (1947)
10 November 1947
Young girls attend ballet school and make debut performances
Vision Trailer (1936)
01 January 1936
Propaganda for the care of the eyesight. Diagrams are used to demonstrate the structure and function of the eye.
Wisdom of the Wild Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all know that a time of plenty will not last forever".
The Story of a Disturbance Trailer (1937)
01 January 1937
The passage of a typical meteorological disturbance across the British Isles is explained by means of animated diagrams and rapid motion film of cloud formation.
Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch Trailer (1941)
01 January 1941
Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".
Kings in Exile Trailer (1938)
17 March 1938
King Penguins are first seen in their natural habitat, the Antarctic, after which we see them in the Edinburgh Zoo.
Organisation of the Human Body Trailer (1950)
01 January 1950
A BAFTA special award nominated documentary that describes, in simple terms, the complete functionins
London Visitors Trailer (1936)
01 January 1936
The film takes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London.
See How They Run Trailer (1938)
17 March 1938
A Secrets of Life short about the movement of animals.
Development of the English Town Trailer (1943)
23 January 1943
A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War -- enlivened by the appearance of ghostly denizens to defend their eras against the narrator's various strictures!
Bush Christmas Trailer (1947)
28 July 1947
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
White Flies and Tomatoes Trailer (1935)
18 March 1935
A Secrets of Life short of which the BFI gave this description: "The first part of the film is a speeded-up picture of germination and growth of the tomato plant, ending with the fertilization of the flower and the growth of the fruit.
Baby on the Rocks Trailer (1935)
28 January 1935
A Secrets of Life documentary about the European Buzzard. The film was registered on the Board of T)
Devon Dairy Farming Trailer (1937)
01 January 1937
A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.
The Clue of the Missing Ape Trailer (1953)
01 November 1953
Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.
The Case of the Missing Scene Trailer (1951)
03 July 1951
The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films.
Rock Pools Trailer (1936)
14 August 1936
A Secrets of Life short about life within the pools that form along rocky shores.
Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II Trailer (1951)
01 January 1951
Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the joints of the human skeleton.
Magna Carta Trailer (1946)
01 August 1946
An experimental account of the historical growth of personal freedom and civil rights in Britain using prints, animated sequences, and re-enactment.
Memories Trailer (1944)
01 January 1944
History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells the story of the village's famous son, Rev Gilbert White, whose 1789 book The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne is a classic of natural history.
Heredity in Man Trailer (1937)
01 January 1937
A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.
Sports Day Trailer (1944)
01 April 1944
A schoolboy almost misses the school sports day when he is wrongly punished for cruelty to a dog.
Human skeleton, structure and joints - Part I Trailer (1951)
01 January 1951
A teaching film about the human skeleton with animated medical illustrations as well as an actual skeleton with commentary.
The Road of Health Trailer (1938)
13 November 1938
The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and gonorrhea).
Cabbage Trailer (1935)
29 March 1935
A Secrets of Life short to which the BFI gave this description: "The film falls into two related sections: the first part shows, by fast motion.
Wake Up And Feed Trailer (1935)
22 March 1935
A Secrets of Life short about feeding time at the zoo. The film was registered on the Board of Trade)
Climbers Trailer (1942)
03 April 1942
A Secrets of Life short similar to the ealier work, Climbing Plants.
Old Blue Trailer (1939)
14 December 1939
A Secrets of Life short, potentially the second in the series about the Lupin.
Somersetshire Dairy-Farming Trailer (1937)
01 January 1937
A close-up on Somerset's changing milk and cheese industry
Coastal Village Trailer (1943)
23 January 1943
A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.
The Catch of the Season Trailer (1938)
12 May 1938
The lifecycle of a freshwater trout; looking in detail at the development of a trout embryo and hatchling.