Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds.

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.

The laying of underground telephone cables.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

A young man who loves his wife wants rid of his troublesome mistress. He dresses up as a wealthy Brazilian and seduces her in a jiffy. He hopes to...

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

A one-eyed businessman wants to become rich and retrieve his lost eye at any cost. He tries many schemes, and eventually regains his eye with a...

A British documentary

Where he goes, he doesn't need luggage... A very talkative traveler settles in the only wagon occupied by a man with a strange diction. The train is...

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.