John Armstrong
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Biography
John Armstrong was a British documentary filmmaker.
Known For
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
Ratcatcher
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at the development of the BP Forties oil field in the North Sea.
Sea Area Forties
A BAFTA award winning documentary featuring the design, construction and installation of the 30,000 ton steel drilling/production jacket for a BP oilfield in the North Sea.
Location North Sea
A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how the particular characteristics of friction are used on a new braking system to give greater control and greater safety when driving.
Wsp
A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications that have ensued.
Song of the Clouds
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-operation involved in developing 1,500 miles of the Mekong river.
Mekong - A River of Asia
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the construction of the 800 mile long pipeline from the Alaskan oil field to the ice-free port of Valdez.
Pipeline Alaska
On a summer's day, a group of children improvise a circus at an abandoned farm in Suffolk.
Circus at Clopton Hall
1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 (Experimental BBC London Local Tests). Final showing: 7th November 1968.
Coupe des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally
The End of the Road (also known as Alaska: The End of the Road) is a 1976 British short documentary film directed by John Armstrong. The film is about British Petroleum's Alaska operations, including the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
The End of the Road
A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Le Mans 24 hour race won by Mercedes-Benz.
Le Mans 1952
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the original identification and subsequent uses of oxygen.