Movies: Leon Clore

Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility services before the introduction of the contraceptive pill. But, more than this, in its filmmaking style i...

A refugee family comes to terms with living in the UK and adjusting to a new language and culture....

A few hours in the lives of the pupils at a contemporary Secondary Modern school in Hertfordshire, England....

London families spend a day at Southend-on-Sea....

A documentary featuring mid-century design. Includes footage of many products, plus some architecture....

From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo....

See how Sally Jenkins and her driver, Thomas, run Hertfordshire's mobile library service with military precision....

The story of Jimmy, who conscientiously takes the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme test, and Leslie, who suffers a series of mishaps through his own negligence....

A BAFTA award winning film providing an analysis of a new method of mathematics teaching, through the use of practical apparatus, for primary school-children in England....

A montage of scenes from East End life set to a soundtrack of music hall songs with appropriate lyrics....

This BBC documentary film shows, for the first time anywhere, the actual events of both sides of a genuine industrial conflict. The dispute is shown exactly as it happened; there was no preparation or rehearsal....

The story of three scientists who drifted in a small boat across the Atlantic in order to discover facts about the behaviour of the sea and air....

A sports documentary about association football that follows a week in the life of West Bromwich Albion football club....

A day in the life of a Post Office counter clerk showing the complexities of his duties and the problems that arise....

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary looking at the formation of the coalfields; explanation of the appearance of coal seams at different levels; modern methods of assessing and locating quality of new coal deposits. (Part of the "Coal-mining ...

The inner-workings of local paper the Hertford Mercury are revealed by young, fresh-thinking reporter Peter Gibbs on his hunt for a regional scoop....

Wintry snowfall in a factory yard contrasts with the furnaces burning within. This film follows the eye of the firm's accountant as he traces waste and excess about the works. The concerns for fuel efficiency and reducing pollution are all about econ...

An appeal on behalf of the NSPCC....

The boom of the clothing industry brought great work for female machinists. This film presents how new recruits were hired and then trained to use the sewing machine in the workshop, or in one example, how not to manage recruits....