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Our national fabric has many threads and deep colour. Each year, it gets more vivid and popular…
Includes highlights from our 2019 collections - Victorian Film, Advertising on Film and Disability on Film - as well as unexpected audience favourites reflecting life around the UK.
Guinness - Plinths Guinness - Plinths
Advert 1976 1 mins
Pete and Dud prove to be stout football fans in this Guinness commercial recalling a great sporting moment - however fleeting.
Heinz Baked Beans : Common Market Heinz Baked Beans : Common Market
Advert 1972 1 mins
In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?
Cotmanhay Youth Report Cotmanhay Youth Report
Magazine and Review show 1982 11 mins Location: Cotmanhay
Trapped by disillusionment - Cotmanhay becomes a prison for Anthony.
A Bit of Old Burnley A Bit of Old Burnley
Amateur film 1940 5 mins Silent Location: Burnley
Come for a drive around the streets of a busy Lancashire town.
Folkestone Spacious and Gracious Folkestone Spacious and Gracious
Promotional 1969 10 mins Location: Folkestone
There's something for everyone in Folkestone as this promotional film claims - including lidos, fine dining, cliff railways and the weirdest fitness machines ever seen
Lifestyle: Three Peaks Race Lifestyle: Three Peaks Race
Documentary 1976 26 mins Location: Ingleborough
As if running up one mountain isn’t foolhardy enough, these hardened men in shorts do three, displaying amazing endurance, as well as weary legs and wasted expressions.
Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins
The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed by a famous magician
Watery Trail: River Medway Watery Trail: River Medway
Amateur film 1938 25 mins Silent Location: River Medway
Enjoy this curious couple’s epic quest to follow the River Medway - from its source at Butcher's Basin to the Thames Estuary at Sheerness
The Agony of Belfast The Agony of Belfast
Non-Fiction 1920 2 mins Silent Location: Belfast
Raw reportage and indelible images of a ravaged city
Ian Dury Ian Dury
Biopic 1983 52 mins
Blockheads lead singer talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music.
In One End In One End
Documentary 1977 28 mins Location: Southwold
Real ale and folk music in the pub – performed by Fairport Convention – are celebrated in this portrait of Southwold on the Suffolk coast and the work of the Adnams brewery.
The House that Moved The House that Moved
Current affairs 1961 3 mins Silent Location: Exeter
A medieval move that hits newsdesks around the world as a timber house finds a new settlement to satisfy the town planners.
Ian McKellen at Newcastle Theatre Royal Ian McKellen at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Magazine and Review show 1968 3 mins Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
A young Ian McKellen remakes Shakespeare's Richard II for a modern audience at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Visit to Margate 1950 Visit to Margate 1950
Amateur film 1950 5 mins Silent Location: Margate
Holidaymakers flock to the beach to enjoy traditional coastal entertainments in this dazzling, colourful snapshot of Margate in its heyday.
This is Bournemouth This is Bournemouth
Promotional 1969 17 mins Location: Bournemouth
Bournemouth. A holiday resort that’s got the lot. Sunshine, sandy beaches, gardens, shops, fine dining and entertainment - with sports stars and a few beauty queens thrown in
7 Towns 7 Towns
Amateur film 1967 58 mins Location: Evesham
Worcestershire's historic towns: a heritage at risk from 1960s progress.
The New Life The New Life
Promotional 1971 17 mins Location: Telford
"A new city - your city". Telford is a different kind of new town that's not just about brick and concrete.
12th of July Procession, Carrickfergus (1981) 12th of July Procession, Carrickfergus (1981)
Sponsored film 1981 13 mins Location: Carrickfergus
'The Twelth' is commemorated with a parade through the streets of the city.
A Safe Place to Be A Safe Place to Be
Documentary 1980 32 mins Location: Spitalfields
Racism in Spitalfields reaches crisis point in the 70s as the National Front attack the local Bangladeshi community
Senghenydd - Glamorgan, South Wales, portrait of a mining town Senghenydd - Glamorgan, South Wales, portrait of a mining town
Documentary 1964 17 mins Location: Senghenydd
50 years after the Senghenydd mining disaster the town has changed, with new saw mill, bingo halls and television, but has the devastated community managed to resurrect itself?
How It Feels to Be Run Over How It Feels to Be Run Over
Trick film 1900 1 mins Silent
A terrifying first-person brush with death at the hands of a dangerous driver
Frank at 'Cities in the Park' Frank at 'Cities in the Park'
Amateur film 1991 4 mins Silent Location: Heaton Park
Sunday in the park with Frank Sidebottom and the Manchester music mob.
The Nudists The Nudists
News 1971 9 mins Location: Devon
Country House offers naturists a way to air all.
Great Western Road 1980 Great Western Road 1980
Amateur film 1980 15 mins Location: Glasgow
Take a virtual stroll down the streets of Glasgow’s iconic Great Western Road in this 1980s Scottish Film Archive remake of two comparable films shot in 1914 and 1922.