Harry Watt Films
Watt developed a unique form of story documentary whereby soundtrack commentary was abandoned and essential points were made by simple stories about ordinary events performed by real people. Together with Cavalcanti and Humphrey Jennings, Watt was the mainstay of the GPO Film Unit at the outbreak of war, producing the restrained, dispassionate material which would come ... [+]
Highlights
Various (Documentary), 1939-44
£11.99
Britain's Home Front at War: London Can Take It
Seven wartime films looking at life in London from the outbreak of war to the V-b...
Harry Watt, Basil Wright, 1936
£11.69
Night Mail (Remastered and Restored)
Night Mail remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in Brit...
Harry Watt Film Listing
Night Mail (Remastered and Restored)
Harry Watt, Basil Wright, 1936
Night Mail remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in British film history, and was one of the most critically acclaimed films to be p... More
£11.69 DVD
Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1
Carol Reed, Basil Dean, 1930-54
A first collection of rare and classic features from the iconic British film studio. Contains Escape (Basil Dean, 1930), West of Zanzibar (Harry Watt, 1954),... More
£11.99 DVD
The Overlanders
Harry Watt, 1946
A drama of outback life in Australia at the end of WWII, when Australian farmers are migrating across the country to escape the threat of Japanese invasion. ... More
£12.99 DVD
The GPO Film Unit Collection: Volume 2 - We Live in Two Worlds
Norman McLaren, Harry Watt, 1938
Created in 1933 out of the ashes of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, the GPO Film Unit was one of the most remarkable creative institutions that Britain... More
£20.49 DVD
The GPO Film Unit Collection: Volume 3 - If War Should Come
Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1939-40
This concluding third volume of films from the GPO Film Unit features the final films produced by the Unit between 1939-41 before it was renamed the Crown Fi... More
£20.49 DVD
The Foreman Went to France / Fiddlers Three
Charles Frend, Harry Watt, 1943-44
Pairing of Tommy Trinder films. In The Foreman went to France (Charles Frend, 1943), as the Germans invade France at the start of WWII, a British firm sends ... More
£12.99 DVD
Nine Men
Harry Watt, 1943
During World War Two, a group of English troops are cut off from their batallion while behind enemy lines in the western desert. Attacked by a German fighter... More
£12.99 DVD
Where No Vultures Fly
Harry Watt, 1951
Breathlessly advertised as a "Terrifying Adventure! Actually Filmed in the Heart of Darkest Africa...The World's Most Dangerous and Unknown Land!" this Afric... More
£10.99 DVD
The Siege of Pinchgut
Harry Watt, 1959
Made on location in Australia and Elstree, this drama about an escaped convict making a last stand on a tiny island in Sydney Harbour was Ealing Studio's fin... More
£12.99 DVD
The GPO Classics Collection: Britain At War - The First Days
Humphrey Jennings, Pat Jackson, 1939-40
Three GPO Film Unit documentaries showing the effect on the British people of the first 2 years of War. Features The First Days (Jennings, Jackson & Watt, 19... More
£13.99 DVD
