Documentary News Letter (1944-1945)

106 DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER CATALOGUE OF M.O.I. FILMS MADE IN 1944 Published by Permission of the Ministry of Information. 15-M : Fifteen minute film release T: Mainly Theatrical Release NT : Mainly Non-Theatrical Release ABBREVIATIONS I : Instructional CFL : Listed in Central Film Library Catalogue W : Withdrawn Names of people in brackets do not appear on credit titles. OO Mainly for Overseas use OOO Wholly for Overseas use 1. THEATRICAL AND NON-THEATRICAL RELEASES DISTRI PRODUCTION RELEASE DATES TITLE BUTION I NIT PRODUCER DIRECTOR T NT LENGTH NOTES Atlantic Trawler CFL NT Realist J. Taylor F. Sainsbury 1044 1,960 Back to Normal CFL 15-M Merlin M. Hankinson R. McDougall 1044 1 45 1,358 Bailey Bridge CFL OO Merlin M. Hankinson A. Barnes 1 45 1,008 By Sea and Land CFL 15-M Crown J. Holmes J.Lee 9 44 10 44 1,202 Catholics in Britain OOO Verity S. Box H.Cass — — 1,415 Despatched Latin America 5 44 Checkmate! OOO Merton Park F. A. Hoare H. Purcell — — 1,663 Despatched Latin America 5 44 Children of the City CFL NT P. Rotha Prods. P. Rotha B. Cooper — 644 2,853 Chinese in Britain OOO Strand D. Taylor C. Heck — — 3,028 Despatched China, Autumn 1944. A version is being prepared for CFL Chinese Mission to Britain OOO Movietone — — — — 953 Despatched China 7 44 Cine Sports Magazine No. 13 f 1.020 Despatched 1 44 No. 14 977 Despatched 2 44 No. 15 950 Despatched 3 44 No. 16 OOO G.B.S.S. — — — _ 970 Despatched 4 44 No. 17 940 Despatched 5 44 No. IS 945 Despatched 6 44 No. 19 873 Despatched 7 44 No. 20 k 888 Despatched 8 44 A City Rehom CFL NT Gryphon D. Taylor J. Eldridge — . — 2,048 Release date not yet fixed Conquest of a Dry Land CFL NT Information Films Ezra Mir — — 145 827 Adapted by Sylvia Cummins Conquest of a Germ CFL 15-M of India Gryphon D. Taylor J. Eldridge 6/44 9 44 1,348 Comish Valley CFL NT Green Park — R. Keene 9/44 1,500 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Cotswold Club CFL NT Strand D. Taylor C. de Latour — 4/44 1,064 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Crofters CFL NT Green Park — R. Keene — 944 2.118 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Date with a Tank CFL 1 5-M Army F.U. — 8/44 9 44 1,291 Doing Without OOO Spectator M. Hankinson G. Gunn — 1 44 1,214 Duke of Gloucester OOO Movietone — — 8 44 919 Newsreel Compilation Eight} Days. The CFL NT Crown H. Jennings 1 4 1.266 Farm is Reclaimed, A CFL I Campbell Harper — A. Harper — 1 45 1,331 Flax CFL NT Strand D. Taylor — 6 44 824 Fuel for Battle CFL NT Strand D . Taylor J. Eldridge 9 44 1.893 Grass & Clover Seed Produ ctioi l CFL I Strand — 3 44 1,349 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Grassy Shires, The CFL NT Green Park — R. Keene — 4 44 1.397 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Great Circle CFL 15-M Shell E. Anstey N. Bell 7/44 1044 1,194 Harbour Goes to France CFL 15-M Admir. & Army F.U 11/44 1/45 1,242 Housing in Scotland CFL NT Merlin — G. Gunn 1 45 1,296 How to Bake CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 9 44 645 How to Boil CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 944 750 How to Cook Green Vegeta bles CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 9 44 771 How to Fry CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 9 44 669 How to Make Short Pastry CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 9 44 876 Hundred Years Old, A OOO G.B.I. Brian Salt 9 44 996 Jig-Saw 2 OO Verity H.Cass 644 779 Latin Americans in England OOO Paramount — — 954 Despatched overseas 4 44 Life Saving at Sea CFL I Films in G.B. — A. Buchanan — 11/44 3,402 iLili Marlene) See The True Story of Lili Marlene Minefield 15-M Army F.U. 4/44 5/44 1,308 Naples in a Battlefield CFL 15-M R.A.F. F.U. & Army F.U. — — 2/44 5/44 1,218 New Builders CFL NT P. Rotha Prods. P. Rotha K. Mander — 11 44 1,914 New Crop, The CFL NT Green Park — K. Annakin 4 44 1,721 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey New Zealand CFL NT Crown — — — 3 44 1,323 Compilation ("Know the Commonwealth" Series No. 2) Night Flight CFL NT R.A.F. F.U. 1044 2,042 One Man, Two Jobs CFL NT Movietone G. Sanger 444 969 Our Country T Strand A. Shaw J. Eldridge 3.996 Release 6 45 Outworking CFL Strand M. Hankinson G. Gunn — 10 44 1,138 Patching and Darning CFL I Films of G.B. A. Buchanan 244 970 Potato Blisiht CFL I Realist R. Hunter 3 44 1,473 Assoc. Producer: E. Anstey Rationing in Britain OOO World Wide R. Bond G. Cutts — — 973 Despatched overseas 6 44 Rescue Reconnaissance CFL I Shell E. Anstey G. Tharp — 644 3,090 Ship Against Plane OOO Movietone — — — — 992 Compilation. Desp. Overseas 1 1 44 Some Like it Rough CFL NT Pub. Relationship G. Wallace R. Massingham — — 1,225 Release not yet fixed South Africa CFL 15-M Crown — — — 5 44 1.240 Compilation ("Know the Commonwealth" Series No. 1) Soviet Village CFL NT P. Rotha Prods. 1044 843 Compilation Start in Life, A CFL NT Realist J. Taylor B. Smith — 9 44 1,995 English version of a film originally designed for Latin America Steam Utilisation CFL I C.W.S. — G. Wynn — 10 44 1,894 Subject Discussed CFL NT Gryphon D. Taylor C. de Latour 1 45 1,325 Three Cadets CFL Green Park R. Keene K. Annakin — 1 45 1,968 Transatlantic Airport CFL 15-M Crown A. Elton M. Gordon 12 '44 1,293 True Story of Lili Marlene, The T Crown (J. Holmes) H. Jennings B 44 — 2,683 Two Fathers T Crown Elton A. Asquith — — 1,205 Release not vet fixed V.l OOO Crown H. V Jennings — — — 758 Dcsr-iiched to U.S. 1 1 44 War on Wheels CFL I World Wide R. Bond K.Hughes — 7 44 1,348 West Indies Calling 15-M P. Rotha Prods. P. Rotha D. Alexander 1 44 — 1,306 Western Approaches T Crown I. Dalrymple P. Jackson 11 44 — 7,529 In technicolor Willing Hands CFL NT World Wide J. Carr M. Frances — 10 44 958 Worker & Warf ront No. 1 0 / 2 44 1,083\ 975 969 \J No. 11 1 4 44 No. 12 CFL NT — — — — u 44 \ magazine, assembled by Films of Fact, No. 13 1 | 11 44 1,020 | 851/ from items produced by various units No. 14 V 1/45 ■ 0