Paul Rotha

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison.

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

Propaganda - advertising. Animated titles spelling out the message - "Australian wines:- In the sunlit vineyards of Australia grow luscious grapes...

Dunkirk to D-Day in 20 minutes flat: this gripping account of Britain's war effort compels us to sit up and pay attention. A 'total war' is one...

A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the...

Short campaigning documentary putting the case for "peace by reason" rather than through re-arming.

Directed by Paul Rotha.

Carefully chronicling in great detail the early years of Hitler's political life until his fall as the leader of Germany, this archive-footage...

Carefully chronicling in great detail the early years of Hitler's political life until his fall as the leader of Germany, this archive-footage...

A documentary about how trading goods with the rest of the world works to help the UK economy after WWII.

Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they...

Documentary on the young builders who'll rebuild Britain after the war.

Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic vision of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouses and city devolution return to...

A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.

A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.

This one-reel film was produced during the middle of the Second World War. It purports to offer a portrait of the British people, in broad and in...

The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the...

An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and...

An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and...

An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and...

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney,...

The World Is Rich is a 1947 British documentary film directed by Paul Rotha about food shortages after World War II, outlining steps underway to deal...

Short campaigning documentary putting the case for "peace by reason" rather than through re-arming.

Childcare for working women during the Second World War.

A look at how science is keeping British industry as high-tech and innovative as anywhere else in the world.

Documentary short depicting night workers in an armament factory making tank components for the war effort, the commentary largely being supplied by...

World War II propaganda film that shows the war-time agricultural work of women from the Women's Institute.

A documentary about how trading goods with the rest of the world works to help the UK economy after WWII.

Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they...

Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady...

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.