The British Council has released archive films showing British at work, at play, and preparing for war. This is a rare look at real life, documented in black and white film.May 29, 2014 ...

Norman Spencer, who has died aged 110, was a writer, producer and production manager who played a crucial role in David Lean’s breakthrough films, including In Which We Serve (1942), Great ...

The year 1939 alone -- considered perhaps the best in cinematic history -- provides an exhaustive list of "essential" movies, although the 1930s and '40s offer a target-rich environment of titles ...