Grahame Tharp

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.

Through the pattern of this film a ‘Test’ at Lord’s runs like a thread and a broadcast commentary on the match is imposed on the background of cricket as a game, a craft, an interest of a people, a piece of history. The craftsmen are shown who make the ball and the bat–that ‘fourth straight stick’ with which the batsmen defend ‘the other three’. The craftsmen are shown who play the game, from W. G. Grace in the ‘nets’ to D. G. Bradman and Denis Compton in the thread of the ‘Test’. The history of the game is epitomized in the Long Room shots at Lord’s and from there the camera moves to the village green; to the London side- street where the urchins play on a ‘bumping pitch’; to South Africa, and India, where in the ‘blinding light’ there is often ‘an hour to play and the last man in.

The dog Bara train from it is a small puppy to become a useful working dog. It is owned by a Norwegian farmer who, together with his wife, settles in a rugged and isolated mountain terrain. Only used as a post dog, but also to look for casualties in the mountains.

From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.

A documentary demonstrating the evolution of lubrication since Egyptian times and how modern machines have advanced.

In this informative 1938 film, we explore the fundamental types of car suspension prevalent during that era. As a wheel glides along a road, it encounters bumps caused by uneven surfaces. To prevent incessant jolting, the wheels are securely attached to the car using a system that allows for flexibility.

The story of three scientists who drifted in a small boat across the Atlantic in order to discover facts about the behaviour of the sea and air.