Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951...

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

“Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.” -...

There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels incognito, is said to be in the city. By chance, the...

The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...