James McKechnie
Actor · 1911 – 1962 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Movie6.2DramaHistoryAt the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 · 59 votes
Movie7.5WarDramaGeneral Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · 278 votes
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A look at Cally House, a wartime evacuation school established by the Glasgow Education Authority in Gatehouse-of-Fleet.
Cally House
1942
Movie7.2AdventureDramaThe true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · 44 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
Painted Boats
1945 · 9 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceAfter hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
The Years Between
1946 · 6 votes
Movie6.7AnimationWarThe leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.
A Short Vision
1956 · 25 votes
Movie6.9WarComedyDuring the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
Two Thousand Women
1944 · 11 votes
Movie7.2ActionDramaBased on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
San Demetrio London
1943 · 15 votes
Movie6.9DramaCharts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
Bond Street
1948 · 4 votes
MovieDocumentaryCoventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.
A City Reborn
1945
MovieDocumentaryFollowing the path of the River Clyde as it winds its way from its source through urban and rural environments until reaching the sea on Scotland's west coast.
- MovieDocumentary
A profile of the Scottish inventor and his work on developing the steam engine.
James Watt
1959
- MovieDocumentary
An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.
- MovieDocumentary
A look at the manufacture of propellers in a foundry in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Men of Iron
1947
- MovieDocumentary
Travelogue following a journey from Inverness to Skye in Scotland.
- Movie4.8AnimationMusic
Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.
MovieDocumentaryAn express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.
MovieAn overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used.
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Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.
- MovieDocumentary
A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.
- MovieDocumentary
A documentary short on The Festival in London.
- MovieDocumentary
A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.
Movie8.0DocumentaryWarAnti nazi short.
These Are the Men
1943 · 1 votes