Montagu Slater Movies
- 1953
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...
- 1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal61952HD
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...
- 1949
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...
- 1952
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...
- 2008
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...
- 1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
Once a Jolly Swagman5.41949HD
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
- 1935
Coal Face
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1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 1952
Dodging the Column
Dodging the Column01952HD
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...
- 1994
Peter Grimes
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Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
- 2023
Peter Grimes
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- 1954
Devil on Horseback
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A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
- 1946
Instruments of the Orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra01946HD
British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...
- 1955
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.
- 2021
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...
- 1952
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...
- 1950
Berth 24
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In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.
- 1969
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...