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DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER No. 2 1944
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CATALOGUE OF FILMS MADE BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION IN 1943
Published by Permission of the Ministry of Information.
NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS
Film titles in brackets are alternative titles of films listed elsewhere in the catalogue. Names of people in brackets do not appear on credit titles.
1 5-M : Fifteen minute film release. I : Instructional.
T: Mainly Theatrical Release. C.F.L. : Listed in Central Film Library catalogue.
N.T. : Mainly Non-Theatrical Release. W : Withdrawn
O : Despatched Overseas. OO : Mainly for Overseas use. OOO : Wholly for Overseas use.
1. THEATRICAL AND NON-THEATRICAL RELEASES
TITI.K
ABBREVIATIONS
PROD. UNIT PRODUCER DIRECTOR
RELEASE DATES
T NT LENGTH
NOTES
(Autumn on the Farm) Before the Raid Biter Bit. The Boiler House Practice Breathing Space
See "Crown of the Year" T O Crown I. Dalrymple J. Weiss
15-M Coombe Sir A. Korda —
CFL I C.W.S. G.Wynn
CFL OO Strand A. Shaw
Britain Beats the Clock
OOO
Paramount
(T. Cummins)
Browned Off
T O
Strand
D.Taylor
C. Delatour
Butterfly Bomb
CFL
I
Verity
—
D. Birt
Cameramen at War
CFL
15-M
Realist
—
Len Lye
Canteen Command
OOO
Spectator
M. Hankinson
G. Gunn
Catering
CFL
I
Spectator
M. Hankinson
G. Gunn
Cereal Seed Disinfection
I
Films of G.B.
—
A. Buchanan
China
CFL
NT O
P. Rotha Prods.
D. Alexander
Budge Cooper
Cine Sports
Magazine No. 3 ~
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
No. 7
OOO
G.B.I.
—
—
No. 8
No. 9
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12,
No. 13
OOO
G.B.S.S.
—
jCitizens of Tomorrow
OOO
Realist
(J. Taylor)
B. Smith
Clean Milk
CFL
I O
Realist
Margaret Thorns
Close Quarters
T O
Crown
I. Dalrymple
J. Lee
Clyde Built
CFL
NT O
Spectator
M. Hankinson
R. Carruthers
iCoalminer
O
Strand
B. Wright
C. Delatour
'Come Again
OOO
Crown
—
Ralph Elton
Common Cause
CFL
NT O
Verity
—
H. Cass
Convoy to Malta
See "Malta Convoy"
Crown of the Yeai
CFL
15-M O
Green Park
—
R. Keene
Danger Area
CFL
NT O
Verity
H.Cass
H. Cass
Debris Clearance
CFL
I O
Shell
E. Anstey
A. Womersley
Debris Tunnelling
CFL
I O
Shell
E. Anstey
K. Mander
Defeat Tuberculosis
CFL
NT O
Seven League
—
H. Nieter
Dig for Victory (2)
OOO
Spectator
—
— .
Doing Without
OOO
Spectator
M. Hankinson
G. Gunn
Eggs and Milk
CFL
I
Films of G.B.
—
A. Buchanan
Factory Fire Guard
CFL
I O
G.B.S.S.
—
F. Cadman
Fire Guard Plan
CFL
I O
Verity
S. Box
L. Birt
Fires Were Started
T O
Crown
I. Dalrymple
H. Jennings
First Aid On The Spot
CFL
I O
G.B.S.S.
F. Searle
Floating Men
OOO
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Garden Friends and Fo
es CFL
I
G.B.I.
—
D. Catling
Good Health in Scotlai
id CFL
NT
Scottish Films
S. Russell
Hello, West Indies
CFL
OOO
P. Rotha Prods.
D. Alexander
J. Page
Highland Doctor
CFL
NT O
P. Rotha Prods.
(P. Rotha)
Kay Mander
In Which We Live
CFL
NT O
Publ.Rel. Films
L. G. Wallace
R. Massingham
Invincible?
15-M
O
Movietone
—
—
It's Just The Way It Is
15-M
S W
Two Cities
_
L. Fenton
King and His People, 1
'he OOO
Movietone
_
Lifting
CFL
I
C.W.S.
G. Wynn
Making Good Hay
CFL
I o
Realist
M. Thomson
Making Grass Silage
CFL
I o
Realist
M. Thomson
Malta Convoy
CFL
NT OO
Movietone
Manpower
CFL
NT
Strand
A. Shaw
Maltese Land Girl
OOO
Movietone
.
Mechanical Vultures
OOO
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Men From The Sea
CFL
15-M
Spectator
G. Gunn
Middle East Cartoon
No. 1 i OOO
No. 2 l'
tain OOO
Halas-Batchelor
—
—
Milk Production In Br
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Motive Power
OOO
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Moving Forts
OOO
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Nations Within A Nati
on CFL
ooo
Paramount
. .
Neuro-Psychiatry
CFL
I OO
Spectator
B. Wright
M. Hankinson
,New Zealand's Home
Front OOO
Films of G.B.
—
—
Of One Blood
CFL
NT O
Seven League
H. Nieter
Order of Lenin
OOO
Spectator
M. Hankinson
G. Gunn
Oven Bottling
CFL
I
Pathe
{Pots and Pans
CFL
I
Films of G.B.
A. Buchanan
Power for the Highlan
Is CFL
15-M
P. Rotha Prods.
P. Rotha
J. Chambers
{Radio in Battle
CFL
NT O
Shell
E. Anstey
Napier Bell
9/43 9/43
1 1 .'43
7/43
7/43
4/43
1/43
6/43
9/43
11/43 3/44
11/43 19/43
9/43
— 1/43
3,113 1,290
2,374 2,845
1,464 3,359 442 1,313 1,034 1,843 1,131 1,410
Partly compilation
By various directors. Despatched 5/43. version for English-speaking territories. Despatched 2/43 Release not yet fixed
Compilation Despatched 6/43
Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Compilation
1-reel
l.OOlDespatched 919
11/43 10/43 11/43 6/43 9/43
12/43 6/43 10/43
10/43
6/43
12/43
12/43 11/43
— <!
1/44
6/43 1/44
9/43 9/43
6/43 —
— 12/43
— 11/43
— 11/43
— 6/43
— 1/44
8/43 12/43
— 6/43
— 11/43
12/43
12/43
11/43
3/44
6/43
931 927 915 938 875 958 956 960 2,043
1,395
6,770
2,060 1,384 1,564 1,048
1,300
1,934
1,034
1,651
903
595
1,214
572
1,373
2,847
6,027
1,504
700
954
1,709
2,139
1,927
1,155
1,245
946
977
1,790
839
923
1,117
751
779
642
1,389
i 819
1730
1,718
674
433
1,382
6,155
997
1,348 864 444 1,039 1,398 1,021
2/43
3/43
4/43
5 43
6/43
7/43
8/43
9/43
„ 10/43
„ H/43
„ 12/43
For Latin America. An English version is to be
prepared
Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey
A 2-reel version titled "Up Periscope" has been made for N.T. use
Not yet released in Britain Despatched 10/43
Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey
Assoc. Producer : Paul Rotha Compilation for U.S.S.R. Despatched 7/43 Despatched 10/43
Arabic educational film. Despatched 9 43 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey
Despatchedl0/43. See also"Westlndies Calling"
Compilation made with the co-operation of the U.S. Signal Corps.
Compilation. Despatched 4/43
Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Assoc. Producer : E. Anstey Compilation. Despatched
Despatched 11/43
Arabic Educational Film. Despatched 9/43
Despatched 4/43
Despatched 9/43
Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey. Despatched 6/43
Arabic Educational Film. Despatched 7/43
Arabic Educational film. Despatched 7,43
Despatched 11/43
Re-edited from various New Zealand films.
Despatched 9/43
Assoc. Producer: Paul Rotha
Despatched 6/43