Movies: Laurie Lee

A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War....

This adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie comes of age under the protective eye of his mother, he learns to live with a...

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village....

The people, the scenery and the industrial traditions of the Stroud valley and the growth of the woollen industry....

An enchanting tale of childhood in a sleepy Cotswold village during and immediately after the First World War....

Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a tribute to the work of the pioneering naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White (1720-1793), author of Th...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings...

Follows a young boy's adventures at the Festival of Britain, after he acquires one of the free passes sent out attached to a balloon....

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by acclaimed author Laurie Lee....