Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

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

Old Zé Cristino, riding his donkey, goes to Congonhas do Campo to fulfill a promise to São Bom Jesus do Matozinho. In front of the...

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...

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted...

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

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

Londoners prepare for war.

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...