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  • 1923
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    Government House Garden Party

    Government House Garden Party

    1 1923 HD

    Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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  • 1914
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    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    5.00 1914 HD

    A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

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  • 2018
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    The Sermon

    The Sermon

    4.10 2018 HD

    A young woman’s secret rocks an isolated church community.

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  • 2021
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    Salt Water Town

    Salt Water Town

    1 2021 HD

    Liam spends his days drinking with friends and racing his motorbike across the roads of his Welsh coastal town. He helps run a failing caravan park...

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  • 2018
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    Ladder to You

    Ladder to You

    1 2018 HD

    Inspired by the loneliness experienced by older people in our society, Ladder to You is an insight into the life of Eric, an old man dealing with the...

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  • 1914
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    The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

    5.00 1914 HD

    The son of a wealthy merchant fakes his own death to join up, but his heroic act at the Front is wrongly attributed to his cowardly cousin.

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  • 1925
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    Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton

    Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton

    1 1925 HD

    The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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  • 2021
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    The Simulation

    The Simulation

    1.00 2021 HD

    An insomniac young woman from another universe generates an AI to alleviate her guilt and finally get some rest.

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  • 1951
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    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

    1 1951 HD

    A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

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  • 1970
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    King George V

    King George V

    1 1970 HD

    King George V (1970) charts the history of the celebrated locomotive, which was taken out of service in 1965 but offered a length of siding at...

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  • 2011
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    Making More

    Making More

    1 2011 HD

    Some fascinating insight into the making of Barbet Schroeder's cult classic 'More' (1969)

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  • 1969
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    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    6.00 1969 HD

    This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the...

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  • 1945
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    Sally the Sparrow

    Sally the Sparrow

    1 1945 HD

    Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow.

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  • 1914
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    Christmas Church Parade

    Christmas Church Parade

    1 1914 HD

    Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.

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  • 1981
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    Poets Against the Bomb

    Poets Against the Bomb

    1 1981 HD

    An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

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  • 1975
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    Pebbles in the Flood

    Pebbles in the Flood

    1 1975 HD

    Musings on life and literature in this student drama made by the Cambridge Film Unit.

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  • 1988
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    The Venetian Ghost

    The Venetian Ghost

    1 1988 HD

    What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host...

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  • 1968
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    Meet the Mayor

    Meet the Mayor

    5.10 1968 HD

    A new piazza proposed for Leicester market is met by public opposition. This is a city described by one local historian as unromantic, so what do the...

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  • 1962
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    Splendour of the Heavens

    Splendour of the Heavens

    1 1962 HD

    A film about astronomy which also happens to show views of the ancient city of Winchester, before focussing on a particular house in the suburbs with...

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  • 1932
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    Madras Mylapore - Tank and Religious Processions

    Madras Mylapore - Tank and Religious Processions

    1 1932 HD

    The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

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