Francis Cockburn
Editing
Known For
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
Headline
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.
Fires Were Started
Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years.
The Undefeated
A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.
Builders
An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.
In Black and White
Bristol's historical buildings, streets, docks, churches, bomb ruins, and industries, her great traditions and associations with famous citizens.
Bristol, British City
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-ordination involved in dealing with a locust plague.