James McKechnie

James McKechnie

Born: April 8, 1911
Died: May 7, 1962
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Movies for James McKechnie...

Fully Fitted Freight
Title: Fully Fitted Freight
Character: Narrator
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.
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A Short Vision
Title: A Short Vision
Character: Commentator
Released: May 27, 1956
Type: Movie
The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.
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The Festival in London
Title: The Festival in London
Character: Commentator (voice)
Released: July 3, 1951
Type: Movie
A documentary short on The Festival in London.
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In Black and White
Title: In Black and White
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.
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Scott of the Antarctic
Title: Scott of the Antarctic
Character: Surgeon Lt. E.L. Atkinson R.N.
Released: November 29, 1948
Type: Movie
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
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Bond Street
Title: Bond Street
Character: Inspector Yarrow
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
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The Years Between
Title: The Years Between
Character: Richard Llewellyn
Released: July 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Title: Caesar and Cleopatra
Character: 2nd. Centurion
Released: December 11, 1945
Type: Movie
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
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Painted Boats
Title: Painted Boats
Character: Commentator
Released: September 1, 1945
Type: Movie
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
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The Eye & the Ear
Title: The Eye & the Ear
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.
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A City Reborn
Title: A City Reborn
Character: Commentator
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.
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Two Thousand Women
Title: Two Thousand Women
Character: Jimmy Moore
Released: November 6, 1944
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
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San Demetrio London
Title: San Demetrio London
Character: Deckhand
Released: December 7, 1943
Type: Movie
British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Character: Spud Wilson
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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These Are the Men
Title: These Are the Men
Character: Commentator
Released: February 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Anti nazi short.
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Good Health to Scotland
Title: Good Health to Scotland
Character: Himself - Commentator
Released: January 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.
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A Romance of Engineering
Title: A Romance of Engineering
Character: Himself - Commentator
Released: February 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.
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Sport in Scotland
Title: Sport in Scotland
Character: Commentator
Released: February 5, 1938
Type: Movie
An overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used.