Milton Keynes - A Village City "The most exciting thing going on in Europe, if not the world": welcome to Milton Keynes circa 1973. Cinemagazine 1973 8 mins Portsmouth's Charlotte Street Market The colourful bustle of Portsmouth's oldest street market features in this 1977 film – where traders and shoppers mix under the brooding presence of the infamous Tricorn Centre. Amateur film 1977 6 mins Telford Six Shropshire villages combine and the new town of Telford is born. School programme and Educational film 1977 9 mins Wolverhampton into the Seventies Bricks and mortar makes way for concrete and reinforced steel as Wolverhampton sweeps the past aside in a modernist town planning utopia. Documentary Promotional 1970 20 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 Manchester Street Scenes (1901) A rare glimpse of early Edwardian Manchester when the horse-drawn tram still reigned supreme. Non-Fiction 1901 5 mins History of Portsmouth This gem of a film shows pre-war Portsmouth and Southsea, in colour, before the Blitz and features its historic streets and buildings and holiday-makers on Southsea's beaches. Amateur film 1937 24 mins Milton Keynes and the area Anglia TV footage of the pre-existing towns and pretty North Bucks hamlets newly incorporated into the New Town Development of Milton Keynes. For TV transmission on 28 June 1968. News 1968 10 mins Liverpool 8 Jonathan Dimbleby investigates racial tension on Liverpool's housing estates for This Week. Current affairs 1972 27 mins Not So Much a Facelift... An enjoyably odd public information film shot on the streets of Blackburn, Norwich and Oxford. Documentary Government sponsored film 1976 25 mins Introducing Scotland Take a whirlwind tartan tour of 1950s Scotland in this educational colour film, with fun facts about fishing, transport, coal, shipbuilding, steelworks, farming and tourism. School programme and Educational film 1958 20 mins Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera Birkenhead's sights, shopping opportunities and industries. Advert Promotional 1934 9 mins Vote for Froglet As the general election is held in the UK, it's polling day for the Clangers on a small blue planet far away. Animation & Artists Moving Image Children's 1974 7 mins Cycling Stunt Man Gloucester's answer to Evel Knievel may not be able to afford a motorbike but he won't let that deter him... Non-Fiction 1974 3 mins Day in Liverpool Metropolis meets Merseyside, as this city-symphony inspired film portrays a city thriving with modernity. Travelogue 1929 33 mins Jamaica Street Glasgow (1901) A flood of pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic in Edwardian Glasgow. Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Street Scenes in Halifax (1902) Many views of busy, bustling Halifax, including a handsome, horse-drawn steam fire engine. Non-Fiction 1902 10 mins Bradford Suburban The hope for a bright post war future for this newly built council estate in Bradford in 1961, with dads tending the gardens and kids playing on jiggers in the streets. Non-Fiction 1961 11 mins Sudbury Market Sudbury's market dates back to 1009! One of Suffolk's popular markets, amateur filmmaker John Anderson documents the stall holders and their visitors circa 1979. Amateur film 1979 8 mins Aberdeen Explore the growth of Aberdeen’s sparkling streets in this lively and colourful educational documentary produced by Campbell Harper Films for the 'Cities of Scotland' series. Documentary School programme and Educational film 1970 19 mins
