Among the Rails of Wales

Shy and testy retired signalman Wally Trigg chats to amateur filmmaker and railway enthusiast Chib Thorp, as Micky the Collie happily ambles along the overgrown railway line.

A full size replica of Robert Stephenson’s world famous locomotive, The Rocket, steams up a 1920s crowd at the North Road Works in Darlington.

At the heart of the Talyllyn Railway are the volunteers – e.g. schoolboys, bus drivers, actors – whose commitment ensures the line’s continuance, despite the odd derailment.

The West Sussex Downsman railtour visits Midhurst, eminent Victorians appear in Petersfield and part of the town's railway fabric is demolished just before its centenary

Church bells, organs and choirs are all sounds you'd expect to hear at a church - but what about the sound of a steam locomotive at full tilt?

John Betjeman revels in the pleasures of travelling along the small branch line from King's Lynn to Hunstanton.

The summer holiday starts with a traffic jam – in the rain - but things improve!

The attractive village of Meifod, in the Vyrnwy valley, is the holiday destination of the Cone family who arrive with baggage and cameras.

The hills are alive with the sound of shearing. At the end of a hard day, the team of hand shearers gather to be filmed, before the dipping.

The band plays and the livestock parade, the hefty bulls and enormous work horses weighty on the ground. Above, acrobats balance in the air.

The viewer’s first sight of a piglet in this short film is as bemusing as it is to the calves in the yard!

The cider pressing produces barrels of juice, and sacks of apple mash for animal feed; the chopped tree's logs become planks at the saw mill.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A group of young Black boys run into a building. One of them is about to do the unimaginable.

A queercore romance - a visceral and immersive exploration of the power of the mosh pit and finding love in the most unlikely of places.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

En-route to her hen weekend, bride-to-be Faye kills the vibe with a bombshell confession.

An insight into Daytimers, the South Asian DJ collective that are breaking new ground in Britain.