John Slater Trailers
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Most Popular John Slater Trailers
Total trailers found: 55
Violent Playground Trailer (1958)
14 January 1958
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
The Long Memory Trailer (1953)
23 January 1953
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Love on the Dole Trailer (1941)
28 June 1941
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire.
It Always Rains on Sunday Trailer (1947)
28 November 1947
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Night We Got the Bird Trailer (1960)
03 November 1960
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
Millions Like Us Trailer (1943)
01 June 1943
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts.
For Those in Peril Trailer (1944)
01 June 1944
A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
The Young Mr. Pitt Trailer (1942)
21 September 1942
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Undercover Trailer (1943)
26 July 1943
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people.
'Pimpernel' Smith Trailer (1941)
28 July 1941
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations.
I Live in Grosvenor Square Trailer (1945)
20 July 1945
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison.
Star of India Trailer (1954)
02 January 1954
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch Countess.
The Flanagan Boy Trailer (1953)
10 April 1953
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter.
Against the Wind Trailer (1948)
01 February 1948
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.
Went the Day Well? Trailer (1942)
07 December 1942
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion.
They Flew Alone Trailer (1942)
29 June 1942
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world.
Read All About It Trailer (1945)
08 April 1945
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
Escape Trailer (1948)
01 March 1948
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
A Place to Go Trailer (1963)
01 July 1963
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time.
Murder in Reverse? Trailer (1945)
21 October 1945
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term.
Strange Stories Trailer (1953)
01 January 1953
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on television.
Three on a Spree Trailer (1961)
28 June 1961
A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months.
Unpublished Story Trailer (1942)
10 August 1942
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
The Million Pound Note Trailer (1954)
07 January 1954
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds.
Passport to Pimlico Trailer (1949)
26 October 1949
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory.
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 Trailer (1945)
03 December 1945
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
The Seventh Veil Trailer (1945)
18 October 1945
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Shunter Black's Night Off Trailer (1941)
20 February 1941
Short war time film about the daily activities of Shunter Trains in British Railway Yards and their importance and contribution to the war effort.
Operation Malaya Trailer (1953)
17 September 1953
Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency
Nothing Barred Trailer (1961)
10 October 1961
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public.
The Third Visitor Trailer (1951)
31 January 1951
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him.
Johnny, You're Wanted Trailer (1956)
20 January 1956
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone.
The Faithful City Trailer (1952)
15 January 1952
The Israeli-made Faithful City stars Jamie Smith as an American in Tel Aviv just after World War II. Smith makes the acquaintance of a group of orphans, Jewish refugees of the concentration camps.
Our Film Trailer (1942)
03 August 1942
A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.
Uncensored Trailer (1942)
24 August 1942
During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people.
Mining Review 7th Year No. 8 Trailer (1954)
01 April 1954
The 80th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: 'Anthracite Field', 'Time Out', 'Bowhill On Top' and 'Ideas Man'.
The Ringer Trailer (1952)
24 November 1952
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
John Wesley Trailer (1954)
02 March 1954
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'.
Prelude to Fame Trailer (1950)
02 May 1950
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory.
Hot Summer Night Trailer (1959)
01 February 1959
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home.
Mining Review 10th Year No. 8 Trailer (1957)
01 April 1957
The 118th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the article 'Hungarians in Britain', 'Double Dutch', 'Pulsed Infusion' and 'Songs of the Coalfields 1: The Sandgate Nursing Man'.
Mining Review 16th Year No. 6 Trailer (1963)
01 February 1963
The 186th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the article 'A story from South Wales', about the closure of unproductive pits and the compulsory relocation of workforces.
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10 Trailer (1949)
01 June 1949
The 22nd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, unusually featuring a single article: 'Replanning a Coalfield'.
Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5 Trailer (1950)
01 January 1950
Another edition of the industry cinemagazine, featuring three film articles. Pipeline to Pimlico: water heating from Battersea Power Station to local housing, includes scenes of building the new flats and opens with scenes from the film Passport to Pimlico featuring the commentator John Slater.
The Promise Trailer (1952)
12 December 1952
A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
The New Lot Trailer (1943)
01 January 1943
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
A Canterbury Tale Trailer (1944)
21 August 1944
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
The Yellow Hat Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
When an exclusive designer hat blows off the head of the milliner's assistant who borrowed it, the quest to recover it leads her to find love.
Thark Trailer (1957)
22 December 1957
As legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush.
Noose Trailer (1948)
28 September 1948
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym.
The Common Touch Trailer (1941)
15 November 1941
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London.
Giants of Steam Trailer (1963)
21 May 1963
The epic of the earliest days of Britain's railways and the men who built them. It concentrates on the achievements of George and Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who built the first railway lines in the world in this country.
The Devil's Pass Trailer (1957)
04 August 1957
Bill Buckle has had a dream--he wants to buy back the family fishing boat, the Cascade, which the family had to sell years ago to pay for his father's funeral.
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember? Trailer (1955)
02 January 1955
The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move.
