Montagu Slater Movies

  • 1953
    Man of Africa

    Man of Africa

    Man of Africa

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    Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and...

    Man of Africa
  • 1952
    Ocean Terminal

    Ocean Terminal

    Ocean Terminal

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    Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...

    Ocean Terminal
  • 1949
    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

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    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...

    Daybreak in Udi
  • 1952
    The Brave Don't Cry

    The Brave Don't Cry

    The Brave Don't Cry

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    The Brave Don't Cry aspires to the "feel" of a documentary, right down to the deliberate absence of background music. A mine in Scotland falls victim...

    The Brave Don't Cry
  • 2008
    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

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    Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...

    Britten: Peter Grimes
  • 1949
    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

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    A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

    Once a Jolly Swagman
  • 1935
    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    Coal Face

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    1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

    Coal Face
  • 1952
    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

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    The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

    Dodging the Column
  • 1994
    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

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    Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

    Peter Grimes
  • 2023
    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

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    Peter Grimes
  • 1954
    Devil on Horseback

    Devil on Horseback

    Devil on Horseback

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    A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

    Devil on Horseback
  • 1946
    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

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    British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

    Instruments of the Orchestra
  • 1955
    Capital Visit

    Capital Visit

    Capital Visit

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    A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

    Capital Visit
  • 2021
    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

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    Based on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the...

    Peter Grimes
  • 1952
    Journey Into History

    Journey Into History

    Journey Into History

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    In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain...

    Journey Into History
  • 1950
    Berth 24

    Berth 24

    Berth 24

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    In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

    Berth 24
  • 1969
    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

    Peter Grimes

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    This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century...

    Peter Grimes