Sarah Erulkar

Into Another Dimension

Sarah Erulkar revisits the world of stamp collecting, in this short narrated by Tom Baker.

The Living City

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Calcutta, the most crowded and overburdened city on Earth.

Design in Steel

Artists, designers and engineers extol the virtues of steel.

Never Go with Strangers

Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.

Never Go with Strangers

Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.

The Air My Enemy

Documentary about contamination of the air and other forms of pollution, costing Britain £400 million a year, which are countered by smoke elimination programmes and the use of natural gas, fuel research and other measures.

The Air My Enemy

Documentary about contamination of the air and other forms of pollution, costing Britain £400 million a year, which are countered by smoke elimination programmes and the use of natural gas, fuel research and other measures.

Picture to Post

The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arnold Machin, Jeffery Matthews and David Gentleman.

Picture to Post

The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arnold Machin, Jeffery Matthews and David Gentleman.

Something Nice to Eat

Cooking is a kind of loving, features Jean Shrimpton

The Hunch

A pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are marooned on the cruiser by accident and saved by a rival trawler skipper.

Birthright

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 it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.

Birthright

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 it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.

The History of the Helicopter

A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951.

The District Nurse

An indefatigable district nurse crisscrosses her rural patch to tend to the sick at home and on the farm

Lord Siva Danced

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

Lord Siva Danced

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

Dying Of Thirst

An educational film aimed at teenagers to highlight the dangers of alcohol addiction.

Smoking Machine

Hacking coughs punctuate the soundtrack throughout, making the film’s propaganda purpose clear from the start. We follow a group of children trying to find out why the various adults in their lives smoke, and what the attractions are considering what to them are obvious drawbacks. Indiscriminate smoking “looks funny to us now”, says the narrator, but The Smoking Machine’s own footage of people casually smoking in cinemas, cafés and on public transport must seem equally bizarre to today’s kids.