Arthur Jones - Worcestershire Countryman

Paddington to Birmingham in five and a half minutes! A sped up journey filmed from the front of the train.

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.

Exuberant scenes of engineers and machinists at the famous Cornwall works near Birmingham.

Out and about across the Midlands to see what people do with their Easter Monday holiday. Spring is in the air with time for swimming, funfairs and a good honest pint.

C2963 or Gravelly Hill Interchange or Spaghetti Junction? The public's name is going to be the one that sticks as a little bit of Los Angeles arrives in Birmingham.

From Selly Oak to Birmingham's Head Post Office in a wheelchair - how hard could it be?

Don't become a victim of the new fifty penny piece!

A middle class designed city with no style - Arthur Dooley pulls no punches in Birmingham.

An impressively stark documentary study of Birmingham slums - past and present.

He arrived in Britain with £3 and went on to become one of the richest business men in the Midlands. How did Amrat Parmar do it?

Bus timetables are sacrosanct to some but to others there are more important things in life - and faith is one of them.

A young Palestinian woman crosses the Israeli border illegally to find her long-lost brother, who she hopes will be her ticket to a new life.

Beautiful NHS fundraiser, setting Michael Rosen’s poem to powerful archive images.

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!

A vicar is caught flirting with an improperly-dressed chorus girl in this saucy silent comedy.

A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.

All ashore! Passengers disembark and crew offload after a long Atlantic crossing.