Stuart Legg

documentary film-maker (1910–1988)

Stuart Legg was a pioneering English documentary filmmaker. At the 14th Academy Awards in 1941, Legg's National Film Board of Canada film Churchill's Island became the first-ever documentary to win an Oscar. Also in contention for Best Documentary that year was Legg's film Warclouds in the Pacific.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 39 films (1936–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1936	Night Mail	Contemporary Films Grierson John	860	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Night Mail	Contemporary Films	0:22:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Night Mail	Basil Wright, Harry Watt	24 min		B&W
1936	NIGHT MAIL	Basil Wright, Harry Watt	24 min		B&W
1936	Night Mail	Basil Wright, Harry Watt	24 min	16mm	B&W
1936	Night Mail	Basil Wright, Harry Watt	24 min	16mm	B&W
1936	Night Mail	Basil Wright, Harry Watt	24 min	16mm	B&W
1940	Atlantic Patrol ▶	Stuart Legg			B&W
1940	THE CHILDREN FROM OVERSEAS ▶	National Film Board of Canada.			B&W
1940	The children from overseas.	Stanley Hawes	4:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	CHURCHILL'S ISLAND ▶	Stuart Legg	21 min		B&W
1941	Food, weapon of conquest	Stuart Legg		16mm	B&W	sound
1941	INSIDE FIGHTING CHINA ▶	Stuart Legg	22 min		B&W
1941	The battle of brains	Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau: Presenter \| Columbia Pictures of Canada Ltd.: Distributor \| Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor \| National Film Board of Canada: Presenter	0:12:52	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	WARCLOUDS IN THE PACIFIC ▶	Stuart Legg	20 min		B&W
1942	Food—Weapon Of Conquest.	Stuart Legg	2 reels		B&W
1942	Inside Fighting China ▶	National Film Board of Canada; United Artists	2 reels	16mm	B&W
1942	THE BATTLE FOR OIL ▶	Stuart Legg		16mm	B&W
1944	Global Air Routes.	National Film Board of Canada.	2 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	Inside France.	United Artists Corporation	2 reels	16mm		sound
1944	When Asia Speaks.	Gordon Weisenborn	2 reels		B&W
1945	Global Air Routes	Stuart Legg	0:15:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Now - The Peace ▶	Stuart Legg			B&W
1945	Now The Peace	Natl Film Board Of Canada	2 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Now the peace	Stuart Legg			B&W
1945	NOW THE PEACE	Brandon Films, Inc	20 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1949	Searchlight On The Nations	10017 World Today Inc	20 min	16mm		sound
1949	Searchlight on the nations
1949	Wonder Eye ▶	Stuart Legg
1951	Forward a century
1952	Forward A Century	Basic Information Films	30 min	16mm		sound
1952	Plan for coal
1953	Operation Hurricane
1955	Operation hurricane	Film Library 24th And M Sts N W	515	16mm		sound
1960	A Light in Nature		1600
1960	A Light in nature
1960’	A LIGHT IN NATURE ▶			16mm
1961	Unseen Enemies	Shell Oil Co	32 min	16mm		sound
1962	A LIGHT IN NATURE		33 min	16mm	Color	Sound