Movies

Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.

London families spend a day at Southend-on-Sea.

Follows a young boy's adventures at the Festival of Britain, after he acquires one of the free passes sent out attached to a balloon.

Car manufacture at a Ford factory.

A montage of scenes from East End life set to a soundtrack of music hall songs with appropriate lyrics.

A sports documentary about association football that follows a week in the life of West Bromwich Albion football club.

A BAFTA award winning film providing an analysis of a new method of mathematics teaching, through the use of practical apparatus, for primary...

A day in the life of a Post Office counter clerk showing the complexities of his duties and the problems that arise.

Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility...

The story of three scientists who drifted in a small boat across the Atlantic in order to discover facts about the behaviour of the sea and air.

A refugee family comes to terms with living in the UK and adjusting to a new language and culture.

This BBC documentary film shows, for the first time anywhere, the actual events of both sides of a genuine industrial conflict. The dispute is shown...

A documentary featuring mid-century design. Includes footage of many products, plus some architecture.

From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.

The inner-workings of local paper the Hertford Mercury are revealed by young, fresh-thinking reporter Peter Gibbs on his hunt for a regional scoop.

A comical look at ways of saving energy.

An appeal on behalf of the NSPCC.

The boom of the clothing industry brought great work for female machinists. This film presents how new recruits were hired and then trained to use...