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1958
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Goodnight with Sabrina
Goodnight with Sabrina1 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 Liverpool1 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 Years1 1951 HD
An industrial epic plays out in steelmaking South Wales.
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1923
Movies
Winter
Winter1 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 Team1 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
Movies
Visible Mending
Visible Mending8.50 2023 HD
A short animated documentary about love, death, and knitting.
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1947
Movies
Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March
Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March1 1947 HD
Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.
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1976
Movies
The Mirocle
The Mirocle1 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 Children1 1946 HD
Public warning film on road safety for children - 3 small children meet Death.
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2021
Movies
Cuties
Cuties5.00 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
Movies
Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton
Lord Kitchener's Arrival at Southampton4.90 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
Welephant1 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
Movies
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
Movies
The Game of Haxey Hood
The Game of Haxey Hood1 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 Discord5.70 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
Movies
A Game of Chance
A Game of Chance1 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
Movies
Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers’ Annual Race Meet
Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers’ Annual Race Meet5.00 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 Thames5.00 1935 HD
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
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1901
Movies
Manchester Wheelers' Annual Race Meet
Manchester Wheelers' Annual Race Meet5.00 1901 HD
A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.
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1926
Movies
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...