E. V. H. Emmett Movies

This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl.

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of...

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

A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all...

A London travelogue.

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...

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

Compiled in 1953, this is a scrapbook-style documentary about Britain’s Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. It charts her transition from childhood to...

They Made the Land (1938) is a documentary showcasing how land in Scotland was reclaimed and cultivated for agriculture. It explores the challenges...

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium.

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...

This peek behind the scenes at Kew Gardens in the 1940s was part of the ever-eccentric Secrets of Life series. Arcadian images of tranquil greenery,...

A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy.

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

A look at the Grand National horse race at held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, where we see the winning horse, jockey and trainer.

This film shows how and why the animals which inhabit a pond are dependent one on another for their survival. We see the minnow in pursuit of water...

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

A Secrets of Life short.