The Railway Children / Swallows and Amazons
(1970) [G]

The Railway Children: Edith Nesbit's 1906 novel The Railway Children was adapted for the big screen in 1970 by Lionel Jeffries when he directed the classic film version which has been loved by children and adults alike ever since. When their father mysteriously disappears and is rumoured to have...  More

The Smallest Show On Earth
(1957) [G]

Jean and Bill (Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers) are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that Bill's long lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. They expect to sell the cinema to gain...  More

The Cruel Sea
(1953) [PG]

Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott and Virginia McKenna star in a powerful and moving documentary-style account of life on board a British warship during World War 11. Directed by Charles Frend, it is the courageous story of the Battle of the Atlantic – a story of an ocean, a ship and...  More

A Town Like Alice
(1956) [G]

Peter Finch and Virginia McKenna star in this award-winning adaptation of Nevil Shute’s moving novel. Jean, a prisoner in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, meets a captive Australian, Joe, and the two form a mutually affectionate relationship. He tells her of his home town and how he hopes to...  More

Carve Her Name With Pride
(1958) [PG]

Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring true life story of Violette Szabo. During World War II, Violette (Virgina McKenna) volunteers to parachute into France as a secret agent to aid a Resistance group. Her mission successful, she joins the Resistance, where she stays until captured by the...  More

Waterloo
(1970) [G]

One of the most infamous chapters of history is brought to life in this spectacular film from Academy Award winning director Sergei Bondarchuk (WAR AND PEACE). With an acclaimed international cast headed by Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer and Orson Welles, WATERLOO tells the story of Napoleon...  More

Simba
(1955) [PG]

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.  More

The Camomile Lawn (2 Disc Set)
(1992) [M]

It's August 1939 and five cousins gather at their uncles big house on the Cornish coast. The imminence of war charges the air as the frolic on the fragrant lawn & tempt fate on the terrifying cliffs. Returning to the house nearly 50 years later for funeral they recall how the war arranges their...  More