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An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on...

This short film features two atmospheric scenes from Shakespeare's famous tragedy: Act II Scene 2, the murder scene, and Act V Scene 1, with Lady...

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

The story of Jimmy, who conscientiously takes the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme test, and Leslie, who suffers a series of mishaps through his...

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...

All hands to the pump! This demonstration of a 125 year old fire engine shows it can still be useful when the need arises.

Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid.

A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.

Do you look back on the optimism of the 1997-2001 era as a lost golden age, or do you see it as a period of naïvety, delusion and folly?...

Archie and Mary Harrison obsessively shave themselves. Archie hates hair, and Mary loves Archie. In an attempt to please the love of her life, Mary...

A cinematographic response to Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus with Plath’s own readings of her poetry. A carousel of images in windows, an...

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

The message of this coastguard film was to raise awareness that HM Coastguard had become a ‘999’ service enabling the public to raise the...

Londoner tries to woo fishergirl away from her sweetheart.

This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

A few hours in the lives of the pupils at a contemporary Secondary Modern school in Hertfordshire, England.

Picnickers in punts, ‘bumpers’ and bubbly.