Boy and the Cat

Marking time on a face, a swift, bleak portrait of a man from cradle to grave.

A magical film in many ways, a fairy tale story using trick photography and with artful and imaginative stop motion animation.

A once common object in many households becomes transformed into a quirky dancing troupe in this simple homespun animation.

An iconic rural scene becomes a protest site for the bitter yet comic vision of prolific amateur animator Derek Phillips

Charge into this slick amateur cartoon from the Grasshopper Group which was three years in the making

Specially commended by ‘Amateur Cine World'. Nineteen fifties claymation by Douglas Butcher offering tongue-in-cheek advice for life.

Staying alive, from a single cell to a big bang. Blink and you’ll miss the end.

One big happy family on the streets of South Shields for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee visit.

Going with the flow on the River Tyne at South Shields.

Budgies for beginners: home comforts for birds explained to young pet owners.

An engaging, hand painted animation of Rudyard Kipling’s origin tale about a work shy camel who gets the hump.

An uptempo look at man’s passionate obsession with time from first light to the dawn of the digital age.

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.

A stroll in the park for civilised city-dwellers in Edwardian South Yorkshire.

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.

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