Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits

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

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...

This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she...

This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The litany of trouble these poor...

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

Paris 1883. Yvette is the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. She is unaware of how her mother makes money and why they are...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

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

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