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  • 1958
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    Goodnight with Sabrina

    Goodnight with Sabrina

    1 1958 HD

    Statuesque starlet Sabrina bathes in bubble bath.

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  • 1959
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    Public wash-house Liverpool

    Public wash-house Liverpool

    1 1959 HD

    A social club with washing tubs: take a tour of a 1950s Liverpool wash-house.

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  • 1951
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    The First Four Years

    The First Four Years

    1 1951 HD

    An industrial epic plays out in steelmaking South Wales.

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  • 1923
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    Winter

    Winter

    1 1923 HD

    A sign of approaching winter - the frost catches the leaves which begin to fall.

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  • 1915
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    Clapton's Khaki Team

    Clapton's Khaki Team

    1 1915 HD

    After playing their last match of the season, ten Clapton Orient players enlist for the 'Footballer's Battalion'.

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  • 2023
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    Visible Mending

    Visible Mending

    8.50 2023 HD

    A short animated documentary about love, death, and knitting.

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  • 1947
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    Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March

    Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March

    1 1947 HD

    Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

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  • 1976
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    The Mirocle

    The Mirocle

    1 1976 HD

    It’s all me, me, me – this experimental animation on the Self wittily wraps up Jung and old philosophies in a Paul Klee-inspired design.

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  • 1946
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    The Three Children

    The Three Children

    1 1946 HD

    Public warning film on road safety for children - 3 small children meet Death.

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  • 2021
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    Cuties

    Cuties

    5.00 2021 HD

    Cuties explores the elusive beauty in how we as a species continue forward in spite of our proclivity for destruction.

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  • 1902
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    Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton

    Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton

    4.90 1902 HD

    Horatio Herbert Kitchener gets an enviable welcome on his return from the Second Boer War.

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  • 1986
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    Welephant

    Welephant

    1 1986 HD

    Welephant, a character that is still handing out fire safety advice to children today, here appeals to kids not to play with matches. Very...

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  • 1948
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    Worth the Risk?

    Worth the Risk?

    1 1948 HD

    Road safety film about how 'accidents always happen to other people'. A series of scenes illustrate careless behavior that could lead to road...

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  • 1929
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    The Game of Haxey Hood

    The Game of Haxey Hood

    1 1929 HD

    In North Lincolnshire the villagers of Haxey and Westwoodside tussle with one another whilst pursuing the 'hood'.

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  • 1955
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    A Summer Discord

    A Summer Discord

    5.70 1955 HD

    David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) was just 20 years old when he made A summer Discord, an imaginative amateur, silent short film set in the...

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  • 1961
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    A Game of Chance

    A Game of Chance

    1 1961 HD

    The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving...

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  • 1901
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    Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers’ Annual Race Meet

    Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers’ Annual Race Meet

    5.00 1901 HD

    Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.

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  • 1935
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    Colour on the Thames

    Colour on the Thames

    5.00 1935 HD

    A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.

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  • 1901
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    Manchester Wheelers' Annual Race Meet

    Manchester Wheelers' Annual Race Meet

    5.00 1901 HD

    A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

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  • 1926
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    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

    Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

    1 1926 HD

    'Billy Merson, the great Nottingham-born music hall performer, presents one of his signature numbers. The film clearly captures Merson's comic...

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