E. V. H. Emmett Movies

A Secrets of Life short about the sawfly.

"If they were as rare as orchids we would probably rave about them" opens this film in the Secrets of Nature series, directed by the prolific Mary...

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

Armand and Michaela Denis visit the Barrier Reef and explore the mysteries of life there - animals, birds, fish and plants, the underwater life....

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...

A Secrets of Life short about the production of seeds.

A Secrets of Life short about the movement of animals.

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells...

A Secrets of Life short about waterfowl.

The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium.

This film shows how and why the animals which inhabit a pond are dependent one on another for their survival. We see the minnow in pursuit of water...

A Secrets of Life short.

A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy.

The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography.

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett,...

A Secrets of Life short.

A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s.

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

A look at the Grand National horse race at held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, where we see the winning horse, jockey and trainer.