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13 Cantos of Hell
Animation & Artists Moving Image195520 mins
Follow Dante through Hell in this progressive silhouette animation with a musique concrète soundtrack by talented sculptor Peter King
Women Try to Stop Lorry Drivers Strike
News19794 mins Location: Bournville
Two picket lines face-off during the 'Winter of Discontent'.
Corfam - Dance
Advert19691 mins
If this groovy 60s advert is to be believed, all the cool young things will be wearing Corfam shoes this season…
Fay Craig - Mirage
Music video19633 mins
You'd better believe it! Talented Jamaican-born dancer Fay Craig dances up a kitschy storm in this kooky 1960s dance film.
Mods & Rockers
Performance196527 mins Location: Twickenham
A mop-topped Mick Fleetwood bashes the drums and steals the show in this bizarre 1960s beat ballet music film.
Rebellion
Factual TV196955 mins
A terrible beauty: impressive early TV history programme looks at Ireland 1913-23.
Reflections
Documentary197218 mins
The curved, reflective sculptures of William Pye create different ways of reading space.
Ronnie Scott
196820 mins
Legendary jazz fan Ronnie Scott talks the future of the musical style he's spent years building an audience for.
Strange Visitors
Non-Fiction19233 mins Location: Millwall
Had London’s Isle of Dogs seen anything more exotic than elephants and a smoking chimp?
Tufty - Safe Places to Cross
Public Information Filler19731 mins
Road safety guidance for kids from Tufty the squirrel and friends
The Train Makers
Training film/TV programme198123 mins Location: Horwich
A look at the engineering skills behind British Rail Engineering Limited - one of Britain's "biggest engineering concerns"
Asian Alliance/National Front Demos
Non-Fiction198012 mins Location: Halifax
A rare behind the scenes film of the police, and both sides of the conflict, in action at anti-fascist demos in Dewsbury and Halifax, notable for Asian self-organisation.
Come with Me to Bridport
Travelogue195120 mins Location: Bridport
"Line, twine and netmaking" - in Dorset with Richard Dimbleby.
Cyclists Special
Travelogue195615 mins Location: Rugby
A wonderful short film, produced by British Transport Films, about travelling around Britain by bicycle - with the help of the odd train.
Another World
Travelogue194834 mins Location: St Ives
Take a tour through St Ives' labyrinthine cobbled streets - Love Lane, Fish St and Teetotal St - crammed with colourful characters, and plenty of cats!
Bringing in the Coal
Non-Fiction19809 mins Location: Gawthorpe
The World Coal Carrying Contest produces plenty of sweat and neck ache as the men and women contestants battle it out on the streets of Gawthorpe.
Just Call me Bubbles
Non-Fiction19674 mins Location: Polgooth
The Polgooth Inn St Austell has some unusual customers
Tea Leaf
Documentary19888 mins
An intimate account of frustration and disarray in 1980s Britain from the point of view of a young woman.
The Jewish Community in Ulster
News196622 mins Location: Belfast
Take a rare glimpse into the thoughts and lives of members of Belfast’s Jewish Community during the 1960s.
William Frankel
196720 mins
Bernard Braden interviews the editor of the Jewish Chronicle about recent controversies in the press and the future of the Middle East
The Antique Vase
Comedy19139 mins
A penniless actor sells his beloved antique vase to a Jewish dealer who is pained to part with his money
Cast Us Not Out
Documentary196922 mins
Documentary insight into the work of the Jewish Welfare Board, helping some of the most vulnerable people in the community
The Wedding of Mr Laurence Marks to Miss Lily Balon
Home movie19252 mins Location: Fallowfield
Rain and confetti, and big smiles all round, as the weather fails to dampen spirits at a Manchester wedding.
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