William Alwyn Movie Trailers

I Accuse! Trailer (1958)

05 March 1958

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism.

The Long Memory Trailer (1953)

23 January 1953

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

The Million Pound Note Trailer (1954)

07 January 1954

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds.

Our Film Trailer (1942)

03 August 1942

A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.

Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.

A City Speaks Trailer (1947)

01 January 1947

Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic vision of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouses and city devolution return to the agenda.

The Card Trailer (1952)

25 February 1952

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so.

Land of Promise Trailer (1946)

02 January 1946

Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they might be.

Carve Her Name with Pride Trailer (1958)

18 February 1958

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.

The Crimson Pirate Trailer (1952)

27 September 1952

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s.

The Cure for Love Trailer (1949)

29 December 1949

Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds.

The Ship That Died of Shame Trailer (1955)

19 April 1955

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves.

The Magnet Trailer (1950)

01 October 1950

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Mandy Trailer (1952)

29 July 1952

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up.

The Silent Enemy Trailer (1958)

04 March 1958

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours.

Lady Godiva Rides Again Trailer (1951)

25 October 1951

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff.

Third Man on the Mountain Trailer (1959)

10 November 1959

Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him.

Geordie Trailer (1955)

02 September 1955

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength.

They Flew Alone Trailer (1942)

29 June 1942

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world.

Life for Ruth Trailer (1962)

06 September 1962

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life.

Zarak Trailer (1956)

01 December 1956

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

Penn of Pennsylvania Trailer (1942)

24 January 1942

Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby.

Swiss Family Robinson Trailer (1960)

21 December 1960

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife.

A Night to Remember Trailer (1958)

03 July 1958

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller.

Night Without Stars Trailer (1951)

03 April 1951

A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.

Daybreak in Udi Trailer (1949)

15 August 1949

An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.

Devil's Bait Trailer (1959)

01 December 1959

The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.

Fortune Is a Woman Trailer (1957)

13 March 1957

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Svengali Trailer (1954)

01 September 1954

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

The Rake's Progress Trailer (1945)

06 December 1945

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career.

The Fallen Idol Trailer (1948)

30 September 1948

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.

Escape Trailer (1948)

01 March 1948

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

The Black Tent Trailer (1956)

09 April 1956

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin.

Atlantic Trawler Trailer (1944)

08 April 1944

Trawlers at work; the crew on board and landing a catch. The fishing crew are seen with their families on shore shopping and enjoying themselves in the pub.

The Way Ahead Trailer (1944)

09 June 1944

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.

Air Outpost Trailer (1937)

23 January 1937

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers of the medium.

The Master of Ballantrae Trailer (1953)

05 August 1953

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

Madeleine Trailer (1950)

16 February 1950

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.

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.

State Secret Trailer (1950)

11 September 1950

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery.

In Search of the Castaways Trailer (1962)

01 December 1962

Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father.

Safari Trailer (1956)

20 June 1956

Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt.

The True Glory Trailer (1945)

27 August 1945

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.

Odd Man Out Trailer (1947)

30 January 1947

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

The Magic Box Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at.

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).

A Welcome to Britain Trailer (1943)

01 January 1943

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier.

Malta Story Trailer (1953)

01 June 1953

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

The Running Man Trailer (1963)

01 October 1963

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Tunisian Victory Trailer (1944)

23 March 1944

Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps after the North African campaign.

Manuela Trailer (1957)

18 July 1957

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world.

Green for Danger Trailer (1946)

07 December 1946

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

The Naked Edge Trailer (1961)

28 June 1961

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.

Escape to Danger Trailer (1943)

18 October 1943

During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

The Distant Thames Trailer (1951)

01 January 1951

A river symphony and an early example of stereoscopic film made about the River Thames.

French Town... Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

The Winslow Boy Trailer (1948)

24 September 1948

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

Royal River Trailer (1951)