Pathé Documentary Unit Movie Trailers

Cricket Trailer (1950)

18 November 1950

Through the pattern of this film a ‘Test’ at Lord’s runs like a thread and a broadcast commentary on the match is imposed on the background of cricket as a game, a craft, an interest of a people, a piece of history.

I Love Pinochet Trailer (2001)

17 February 2001

An investigation into why so many conservative Chileans continue to be supporters of the brutal Pinochet dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s.

The City of London Trailer (1951)

02 January 1951

A day-in-the-life of the Square Mile.

Eye on the Ball Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Stereoscopic sports demonstration film, featuring snooker star Joe Davis and cricket legend Denis Compton.

Wealth of the World: Congo Harvest Trailer (1950)

20 August 1950

Logo of hand holding a globe. Africa - various scenes: Jungle, trees, swamp, elephants, a deer, a monkey, a snake, snow-capped mountain, fast flowing river, barren landscape.

A Solid Explanation Trailer (1951)

01 January 1951

Desmond Water Ellis demonstrates stereoscopy.

Banking and the Farmer Trailer (1950)

19 August 1950

Young man comes into bank to open his first account as commentator tells us his story. Shots illustrate how the young man found a farm he wanted to buy, negotiated a loan with the bank manager, courted and got married (small group posing for simple wedding picture - bride in tweed suit), worked hard on the farm - harvesting grain and vegetables, milking cow in dairy, presenting small bag of grain to bank manager having made a success of it.