Peter Baylis 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.

Naples Is a Battlefield Trailer (1944)

01 September 1944

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.

Transport Trailer (1950)

31 December 1950

An argument for nationalisation under the 1948 Transport Act, not just of railways but of roads and waterways as well.

See You at the Pillar Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A short film about Dublin City using a mixture of contemporary footage, folk music and quotations from past residents, Shaw, Wilde and Behan etc.

The Finest Hours Trailer (1964)

29 September 1964

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.

The City of London Trailer (1951)

02 January 1951

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

High Journey Trailer (1959)

31 December 1959

In this film, ten European countries (France, Italy, Greece, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Turkey) are photographed from low-flying aircraft against an evocative soundtrack, revealing the features of their ancient capitals, historical heritage and remarkable landscapes in a new dimension.

Scrapbook for 1933 Trailer (1950)

06 February 1950

A BAFTA nominated documentary reviewing news, sporting and royal events from 1933.

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3 Trailer (1941)

22 August 1941

River of the Ocean Trailer (1962)

09 December 1962

A documentary about the Atlantic Ocean, which tells of the coastal inhabitants' struggle with the sea, the secrets of the deep, and the benefits of the ocean.

Ack-ack Trailer (1941)

01 January 1941

A short wartime documentary spending time with those charged with manning British anti-aircraft defences during WWII.

Whitsun Holiday Trailer (1953)

01 January 1953

Whitsun, the Pentecost weekend, puts millions of Europeans on the road for a brief vacation in the spring air.