Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London

A ballerina enjoys a fantastical dance

There’s a killer on the loose in Muswell Hill

A boy being supervised by his grandmother sees a chance for mischief

The lengths that some people will go to, just to avoid a speeding ticket… in this case to Saturn and back.

A comic traffic incident

A rambunctious crowd greets the Highlanders in Aberdeen, some more interested in the camera than the soldiers.

The 'Tank Bank' tours through Scotland, selling War Bonds, raising money for the war effort and boosting morale

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man Norrie Williamson goes head to head with his greedy landlady

Aberdeen's local fishermen turn into wildcatting oilmen in a lively report from the early days of the North Sea oil boom.

Join the ladies who lunch for a spot of 1930s-style retail therapy at Aberdeen's premier department store.

A deftly-shot newsreel documenting the hostilities between British and German fishermen at the height of their rivalry.

The Stationmaster at York guides us through a typical day, from dawn to dusk.

A new luxury express is put through its paces. This film looks over the shoulders of the select band of craftsmen, engineers and operators, whose combined skills try to ensure that a train journey is a delightful experience.

Illustrating the efficiency of express freight trains, and how they link manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

Examining a day in the life of what was then the busiest railway system in the world – British Railways.

British Transport Films record the varied daily lives of their neighbours as seen from the high roof of their building in London’s Marylebone.

A 1957 film examining the future for British Railways, and some of the opportunities provided by a new modernisation plan.