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Prospect of Skelmersdale

Putting people at the forefront of planning.

  • Documentary
  • 1971
  • 24 mins

British Home Design 1935

A stunning promotional film presenting a picture of the huge growth of suburbia in the 1930s; featuring Art Deco and British Moderne style buildings with acres of Crittal wndows.

  • Promotional
  • 1935
  • 20 mins

Pembrokeshire, My County

Lush travelogue painting a relaxing picture of the county, from Prescelly Hills and St. David's Cathedral to Caldy Island

  • Documentary
  • Travelogue
  • 1960
  • 27 mins

Dawdon Colliery

Grit, grime and graft fathoms beneath the North Sea for coal miners at Dawdon Colliery.

  • News
  • 1967
  • 8 mins

In Ancient Sussex

Attractive travelogue exploring famous old Sussex landmarks, taking in views including Chichester, Lewes, Arundel and Bosham.

  • Non-Fiction
  • 1915
  • 7 mins

Southsea's Roller Rink and Seaside fun

Join in the post-war rollerskating craze down at Southsea Rink in this nicely made film from Archibald Peskett

  • Amateur film
  • 1946
  • 17 mins

This Wonderful Creation

Back to Victorian times: a rich employer provides decent housing, a hospital, a library, a school, a boathouse, almshouses and public baths.

  • Amateur film
  • Documentary
  • 1976
  • 24 mins

Chichester Tour

A fascinating film showing the cathedral city of Chichester before the arrival of its ringroad and the pedestrianisation of its Roman streets.

  • Amateur film
  • 1962
  • 7 mins

Who Knew Retew?

Community spirit is not lost on the residents of soon-to-be demolished Retew.

  • Current affairs
  • News
  • 1967
  • 4 mins

Pork Scratchings

The Black Country delicacy that's as hard to crack as the locally produced iron and steel.

  • News
  • 1977
  • 5 mins

A Trip to Totnes

The unique town of Totnes is described for viewers

  • Current affairs
  • News
  • 1970
  • 5 mins

Croeso i Lanelli/Welcome to Llanelli

Llanelli has much to draw businesses and visitors, as this promotional film seeks to show, from brewery to rubber factory and the wonderful scenery beyond.

  • Promotional
  • 1970
  • 13 mins

Night Mail

The flagship of the GPO Film Unit's output and a cornerstone of British documentary, featuring music by Benjamin Britten and the verse of W.H. Auden.

  • Documentary
  • 1936
  • 24 mins

Edwardian Folkestone

From road sweepers to rollercoasters - all life is here in this stunning portrait of Folkestone in its Edwardian heyday.

  • Non-Fiction
  • 1904
  • 7 mins

Ojumo Ti Mo

Three years after their father passed, a family of four women come together through a series of phone calls spanning over three months.

  • Documentary
  • 2019
  • 16 mins

Ojumo Ti Mo

Three years after their father passed, a family of four women come together through a series of phone calls spanning over three months.

  • Documentary
  • 2019
  • 16 mins

Tamworth Traffic

It's taking forty-five minutes to travel half a mile! The people of Tamworth want their bypass now!

  • News
  • Non-Fiction
  • 1978
  • 8 mins

Being Gay in the Thirties (Gay Life)

This edition of LWT's pioneering 1980s TV series looks at gay experience 50 years earlier

  • 1981
  • 35 mins
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Celebrating side-splitting film and TV, from slapstick legends to today's anarchic voices.

Edwardian Britain on Film

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Welcome to a lost world. These amazing films, lost for nearly a century, offer something close to time travel - a journey into the Britain of our great grandparents, courtesy of filmmakers Mitchell and Kenyon.

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Nina

When a couple experiencing conception problems find a potential surrogate mother they're overjoyed, until Nina falls in love with her...

  • Romance
  • Drama
  • 2018
  • 124 mins
  • Olga Chajdas