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- Two youngsters round up crooks to blow up British fleet off Gibraltar.
- In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
- Relive the Christmas story in this fascinating 3D animation spectacular. See the story unfold as Mary and Joseph are visited by angels while Herod plots to erase any competition to his throne. The birth of baby Jesus in that Bethlehem stable changed the world, and to this very day, men, women and children kneel to worship the One who is called the Prince of Peace. Recommended for children ages 3 to 10.
- A young girl has an ambition to dance with the famous Sadlers Wells troupe but first she must win a scholarship. Includes a performance of Les Sylphides by Margot Fonteyn.
- The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.
- The robbery of gold is planned from a train which also carries several eccentric passengers, including two elderly ladies who write lurid thrillers under a pseudonym.
- Short instructional film about two city children (from London) who go and stay at their uncle's farm in the country. The film was made in order to instruct children the proper way of behaving in the country.
- A flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones graced many an educational film in the 1930s and 40s. Jumping from the Bronze Age to Ancient Egypt to the dicey barbers of Victorian England (cue Tod Slaughter hamming it up in "Britain's most fruity drama", Sweeney Todd), the film follows the development and mass production of King Camp Gillette's 1890s invention.
- Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by lowlifes when the crate is put ashore.
- E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.
- A biological film of the smooth newt, its history from egg, through tadpole stage, to fully developed three-year-old next returning to the pond in spring to breed.
- Wartime public information film about rationing with a fun mixture of natural history.
- Fantasy about a little boy with a passion for trains who dreams about driving the express from Glasgow to London.
- Young Peter Joe decides to go to Southampton to sea, this is the story of his land voyage there with many adventures for him and his friends along the way.
- Young boys Donnie and Duncan hop on their bicycles and spend the day together. After stopping by the playground, it's off to the pool where they watch a swim meet before hopping in the water. Back home, they share ice cream.