How does Passport to Pimlico and The Belles of St. Trinians represent Britain, Britishness, age, gender and education.

A large majority of British films can be identified as British by the stereotypes used. These could be as general as bad weather, or more specific such as a shot of a hackney carriage or jellied eels. For example, in Passport to Pimlico one of the first scenes is shot in a fish shop. The characters in the scene have a jokey conversation about bream that maybe isn't supposed to be all that funny, confirming the general stereotype that Brit's lack a good sense of humour.

However, different films create different perspectives of British life, some may glamourise it, some are more realistic, and others focus on highlighting the negative aspects such as binge-drinking and street crime. In the Belles of St. Trinians, despite the posh accents the characters may have, most of the young girls are shown to be uncouth and quite out of control. Their involvement in the racehorse scandal - horse-racing being another prominent stereotype of Britishness - presents the young girls as conniving and mischievous as oppose to the polite abiding children their parents appear to think of them as.