Leslie Mitchell Movies

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...

Visit to concentration camps.

A survey of the equipment and brief but already glorious history of the RAF, including the contributions of the Air Forces of the Empire.

With factories established at Risley, Capenhurst, Springfield and Windscale, Britain's atomic research is forging ahead.

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and...