Welcome to the
REVELations Film Archive

The Revealing Body of Work of Award-Winning British Filmmaker
Revel Guest & Transatlantic Films

The REVELations Film Archive is available for acquisition or licensing, and includes fully digitised motion picture masters in HD, still photographs and extensive production files and metadata.

The REVELations Film Archive Trailer

MORE ABOUT TRANSATLANTIC FILMS

The Legacy of the Independent Voice

Transatlantic Films, the company that pioneered
the creation of an international market for independent documentary filmmaking, is marking its 50th anniversary with the digitisation of its archive of more than 150 hours of award-winning films, now consolidated as the REVELations Film Archive.

Showreels

A Showreel that illustrates Revel Guest's use of the camera to reveal truth, and the cinéma vérité style of the productions in this extensive library, spanning 50 years of award-winning film-making.

Excerpted titles include:

The Making of a Musical (1 x 1 hour)
Makin' It (1 x 1 hour)
Greek Fire (10 x half hours)
In Search of Paradise (13 x half hours)
John Cage (1 x 4 hours)

A Showreel that illustrates Revel Guest's eye for celebrity, and the broad range of genius in music, film, the stage, photography and other realms of human endeavour in this extensive library, spanning 50 years of award-winning film-making.

Featured talent in this Showreel (in order of appearance):

John Mayall
Muddy Waters
Lord Litchfield
Brit Ekland
Richard Burton
Robert Bresson
Burt Lancaster

Marc Bolan
Ron Wood
Rod Stewart
Rowan Atkinson
Tom Stoppard
Fleetwood Mac
Pete Townsend

A Trailer of excerpts from this ground-breaking 26-part series, showcasing Revel Guest's ingenious mix of dramatic re-enactments and archive sequences to bring history to life. A cornerstone property in this extensive library, spanning 50 years of award-winning film-making.

The Battle of Salamis
The Great Wall of China
The Battle of Actium
The Conquest of Spain
The Black Death
The Siege of Constantinople
The Conquest of the Incas
The Marriage of Pocahontas
The Battle of Canada
Zulus At War
The Battle Tsushima
Russian Revolution
Atomic Bomb

The Spanish Armada
The Rise of the Mob
The Battle of Britain
The Plot to Kill Hitler
First Flight [not in trailer]
The Shot that Started the Great War
The Incredible March
Napoleon Invades Russia
The Battle for Vietnam
The Revolution in Paris
Search For Troy [not in trailer]
Television Explosion [not in trailer]
Crisis In Korea

Films that capture a generation

Films that transport you

Films that inform and enrich

A Timeless Documentary Collection

Over the years Transatlantic Films had unparalleled access to cultural icons and phenomena of the time. The films abound with originality, and span culture, sport, science, nature, history, religion and the arts. Celebrated directors are featured, including Peter Greenaway, Tony Palmer and Simon Hartog; and celebrities from all walks of life include Norman Mailer, Philip Glass, Patrick Litchfield, Muddy Waters, Britt Ekland, Francois Truffaut, Glenda Jackson, Placido Domingo, Rod Stewart, Marc Boland and Fleetwood Mac.

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