E. V. H. Emmett Movies

A Secrets of Life short about the Sparrow Hawk.

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

A Technicolor study of English pottery, the skill of the potter, and the modern mechanised factories of Wedgwood (British Council).

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

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,...

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the...

The World's First Three Dimensional Advertising Film In Colour for Capstan cigarettes.

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 Secrets of Life short.

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

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

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

"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...

On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its...

A Secrets of Life short.

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 light-hearted look at the history of the Sea Scouts and the many skills its members can acquire.

A Secrets of Life short about the sawfly.

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

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.