William Alwyn Movie Trailers
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The Rocking Horse Winner Trailer (1949)
30 November 1949
A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.
Saturday Island Trailer (1952)
20 March 1952
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island.
No Resting Place Trailer (1951)
12 January 1951
The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place.
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.
Personal Affair Trailer (1953)
20 October 1953
A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.
The Professionals Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.
Shake Hands with the Devil Trailer (1959)
24 June 1959
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization by his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself.
The History of Mr. Polly Trailer (1949)
08 February 1949
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town.
Captain Boycott Trailer (1947)
26 August 1947
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt.
World of Plenty Trailer (1943)
17 November 1943
An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and consumption.
So Evil My Love Trailer (1948)
02 August 1948
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.
Take My Life Trailer (1947)
30 May 1947
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
The October Man Trailer (1947)
28 August 1947
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
I See a Dark Stranger Trailer (1946)
04 July 1946
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J.
The Proud City: A Plan for London Trailer (1946)
01 January 1946
The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw.
The Mudlark Trailer (1950)
03 October 1950
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Night of the Eagle Trailer (1962)
25 April 1962
A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Golden Salamander Trailer (1950)
01 February 1950
An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.
Medal for the General Trailer (1944)
06 November 1944
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
Fires Were Started Trailer (1943)
12 April 1943
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.
Killers of Kilimanjaro Trailer (1959)
01 October 1959
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared.
The English Inn Trailer (1941)
01 January 1941
A typical Verity propaganda short produced for the British Council.
The Western Isles Trailer (1941)
20 February 1941
A young man returns to his home of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland after surviving a German submarine attack.
Steel Goes to Sea Trailer (1941)
02 January 1941
A British documentary depicting the manufacture of a ship, demonstrating the moulding and the hammering of the steel and the gradual creation of the vessel.
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.
A.B.C.A.: The Story of the Army Bureau of Current Affairs Trailer (1943)
01 January 1943
At the start of World War II, few ordinary soldiers knew exactly why they were fighting, or the significance of each theatre of war.
Your Children's Sleep Trailer (1948)
02 January 1948
Part of the BFI six-part series entitled "Your Children and You."