Birthright

Birthright 1958

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Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility services before the introduction of the contraceptive pill. But, more than this, in its filmmaking style it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.

1958

I Think They Call Him John

I Think They Call Him John 1964

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The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

1964

Turner

Turner 1966

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A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner.

1966

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962 1963

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A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely through it's imaginative and emotional effect.

1963

La Cathédrale Engloutie

La Cathédrale Engloutie 1961

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A documentary study of a series of works by Welsh painter, Ceri Richards, inspired by the 1910 piano prelude, La Cathédrale Engloutie, by French impressionist composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

1961

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1944-1962

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1944-1962 1963

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David Thompson’s wordless film from 1963 presents an unsettling montage of images from Bacon’s major mid-period works.

1963