Harry Bruce Woolfe

Harry Bruce Woolfe CBE, (1880, Marylebone, London – 1965, Brighton) was an English film producer and occasional director who founded British Instructional Films. The company focused on documentaries, nature films, and works concerning World War I.^[1] He was himself a veteran so had an interest in using film to re-enact the war. This links to his being referred to as an "ardent imperialist" who intended to tell heroic stories of said war.^[2] In addition to work on war films he initiated the Secrets of Nature series.^[3]

Select filmography

Director

• 1921 : The Battle Of Jutland
• 1923 : Armageddon
• 1924 : Zeebrugge
• 1925 : Sons Of The Sea
• 1932 : England Awake
• 1933 : Electricity: From Grid To Consumer
• 1933 : A Typical Rural Distribution System

Producer

• Armageddon (1923)
• Boadicea (1927)
• The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
• Shooting Stars (1927)
• Bolibar (1928)
• Underground (1928)
• Chamber of Horrors (1929)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• The Celestial City (1929)
• Tell England (1931)
• Dance Pretty Lady (1931)

References

1. "British Instructional Films". BFI.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. Paris, Michael (1 January 1999). The First World War and Popular Cinema: 1914 to the Present. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813528250. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via Google Books.
3. Petterson, Palle B. (6 July 2011). Cameras into the Wild: A History of Early Wildlife and Expedition Filmmaking, 1895-1928. McFarland. ISBN 9780786485956. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via Google Books.

External links

• Harry Bruce Woolfe at IMDb