E. V. H. Emmett Movies

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help...

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

Go with the flow: to gentle but spellbinding effect this innovative natural history film glimpses marine life astride rising tides at Millport on the...

A documentary on the island off the French Riviera where 'bathing in the buff' isn't just practiced, it's highly encouraged!

A flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones...

The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett,...

A Donatello Golden Plate winning documentary on the Appenines, and on the adventures of a young racoon.

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells...

Documentary highlighting how land has been reclaimed for agriculture in Scotland.

A Secrets of Life short.

The perky Cockneys are London sparrows, who star in this natural history film.

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography.

Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast.

"If they were as rare as orchids we would probably rave about them" opens this film in the Secrets of Nature series, directed by the prolific Mary...

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s.