E. V. H. Emmett Movies

A Secrets of Life short.

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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...

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

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...

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

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...