John Eldridge Trailers
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Most Popular John Eldridge Trailers
Total trailers found: 24
Tank Patrol Trailer (1941)
16 June 1941
Made in 1941, this stirring Ministry of Information dramatisation tells the story of a Crusader tank crew trapped behind enemy lines in the Desert.
The Kid from Canada Trailer (1957)
01 January 1957
A Canadian boy visits cousins in Scotland; his attitude first causes antagonism with Scottish youngsters, but disappears when the lad proves himself by riding a horse over dangerous country to bring aid to an injured shepherd.
Conflict of Wings Trailer (1954)
29 March 1954
In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice.
The Man in the Sky Trailer (1957)
24 January 1957
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself.
Laxdale Hall Trailer (1953)
01 April 1953
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
Some People Trailer (1962)
31 May 1962
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
Out of the Clouds Trailer (1955)
15 February 1955
Multiple stories unfold over the course of twenty-four hours in and around a bustling central airport.
Pool of London Trailer (1951)
20 February 1951
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
The Smallest Show on Earth Trailer (1957)
09 April 1957
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough.
Three Dawns to Sydney Trailer (1949)
01 January 1949
A documentary that follows the flight of a BOAC Lancastrian airliner travelling from London to Sydney that offers some observations from the passengers and of the places en route (Sicily, Lydda, Karachi, Singapore and Darwin).
New Towns for Old Trailer (1942)
01 January 1942
Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII.
A City Reborn Trailer (1945)
01 January 1945
Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.
Architects of England Trailer (1941)
21 February 1941
From Stonehenge to the reinforced concrete constructions of the 20th Century, 'Architects of England' takes us on a tour of Britain's architecture throughout the ages.
Village School Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A real Buckinghamshire schoolteacher - the kindly Mrs James - is the star of this persuasive WWII propaganda film.
Waverley Steps: A Visit to Edinburgh Trailer (1948)
02 January 1948
Waverley Steps - subtitled ‘a visit to Edinburgh’ - is an evocative minor classic. John Eldridge’s film takes the semi-documentary form of a collage of scripted vignettes, at first disconnected but gradually overlapping.
Operation Amsterdam Trailer (1959)
12 January 1959
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
The Cat Gang Trailer (1959)
04 January 1959
The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it.
A Soldier Comes Home Trailer (1945)
01 January 1945
A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theatre of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.
One Wish Too Many Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
Peter and his friends find unexpected and exciting adventures when all their wishes are granted by a magic marble.
Wales: Green Mountain, Black Mountain Trailer (1942)
30 September 1942
An impressionistic survey, scripted by Dylan Thomas, of Wales at war. Continuity is provided by film of the Welsh countryside, which underlines the imagery of 'mountains' in which the whole film is couched: the balance of the film, which exists principally to illustrate the soundtrack, shows the castles left by the old war (against England), as an introduction to the new war - steelworkers - dockers - pithead scenes from the Rhondda mines - agriculture - sheep farming - agricultural research at Aberystwyth - quarrying - Welsh chapels - children - women (sewing, and at the whist drive) - Druids.
S.O.S. Trailer (1940)
20 October 1940
A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.
