As Fleet As the Swallows

Admiral Tyrwhitt’s Harwich Force oversees the processing of German U–boats and their crew at the end of WWI.

Joan Hammond, an experienced amateur filmmaker from Frinton, Essex filmed this travelogue in the picturesque coastal town of Harwich.

The new handbooks are delivered by boat to Harwich quay, where Guide Leaders supervise the off-loading of the valuable cargo.

The history of the lightship, including the recollections of retired mariner Charlie Moll, and archive footage of fisher girls at Yarmouth.

Few sights are more impressive than a working windmill, and there are plenty in this tribute to the sailed giants.

Keeping the ancient custom alive, the children of Harwich excitedly beckon for the throwing of sweet buns from the dignitaries on the Guildhall balcony above.

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

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

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

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.