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1925
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Pwllheli Carnival
Pwllheli Carnival1 1925 HD
Weird and wonderful characters entertain the crowds in this summer's day procession at Pwllheli, Gwynedd.
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1914
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Army Cross Country
Army Cross Country1 1914 HD
Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, months before the outbreak of WWI.
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1912
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A Sword Dance Performed before the King and Queen in India
A Sword Dance Performed before the King and Queen in India1 1912 HD
Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.
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1949
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Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham
Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham1 1949 HD
An engineering feat: Second city civil engineers complete a new bridge to carry traffic over New Street's tangled railway intersections.
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1915
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Salving a Steamer
Salving a Steamer1 1915 HD
“Chicago’s Titanic” the S.S. Eastland, a Great Lakes passenger ship in which 844 people lost their lives, is brought up from the...
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1966
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Eastbourne: Sun Trap of the South
Eastbourne: Sun Trap of the South8.00 1966 HD
Charming 60s travelogue inviting us to enjoy the delights of Eastbourne, where the sun always shines!
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1921
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Running a Cinema
Running a Cinema1 1921 HD
A comical satire of a cinema program and operation.
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1981
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Riots and Rumours of Riots
Riots and Rumours of Riots1 1981 HD
Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.
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1987
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The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits
The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits5.00 1987 HD
A ritual created and performed by Bruce Lacey.
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1948
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Charley in New Town
Charley in New Town1 1948 HD
Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.
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2005
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Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers
Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers1 2005 HD
The BFI's fascinating collection of 60 short films all made before 1911 aims to give wider access to some of the extraordinary film material held in...
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1975
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Your Turn
Your Turn1 1975 HD
This PIF cleverly uses the threat of a knock from the Old Bill to deter would-be vandals. However, if we recall the urban landscape of 1970s Britain...
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1984
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Magpies
Magpies1 1984 HD
Public information film warning of the dangers of burglary, using magpies instead of human thieves.
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1988
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Accident in Park Road
Accident in Park Road6.00 1988 HD
A road safety awareness video aimed at schoolchildren.
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1949
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Woodenhead
Woodenhead1 1949 HD
Short road safety film.
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1916
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Devonshire Hospital Buxton
Devonshire Hospital Buxton1 1916 HD
Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.
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1980
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Great Western Road
Great Western Road1 1980 HD
Take a virtual stroll down the streets of Glasgow’s iconic Great Western Road.
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2021
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I've Been Trying to Tell You
I've Been Trying to Tell You6.00 2021 HD
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?...
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2020
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Let My Body Speak
Let My Body Speak1 2020 HD
Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers,...
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1968
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Black Five
Black Five1 1968 HD
Black Five is filmed around Carnforth station in Lancashire, a location which had been the setting for the archetypal railway romance, David...