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On the scene of turbulent border history, the Prince of Wales opens a new link between Scotland and England
Non-Fiction 1928 2 mins Silent
On the scene of turbulent border history, the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII) opens a new link between Scotland and England and Berwick.
1921 7 mins Silent Location: Berwick-upon-Tweed
The 1921 Northumberland Tennis tournament: men and women’s tennis in a beautiful location.
Amateur film 1954 30 mins Silent Location: Bellingham
A magical travelogue of Northumberland proves it’s not all grim up North.
Home movie 1945 19 mins Silent Location: Berwick-upon-Tweed
Happy days as a Middlesbrough family revisit a favourite holiday haunt in this portrait of Berwick- upon -Tweed after World War Two.
Drama 1963 50 mins Location: Blackhill
Miners, villagers and a Tory Lord fight the Blackhill Colliery closure in this moving documentary inspired by the Free Cinema movement of the 1950s.
Advert 1985 2 mins
Take a fighter jet, a Top Gun pilot with sunglasses and a brand new SAAB 900 and you have a sure-fire vehicle to launch a Hollywood career.
Promotional 2019 10 mins
A wandering warrior dreams of a new form of expression, in this promo for UNKLE’s album The Road: Part II / Lost Highway Pt. II directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
1935 16 mins
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
Advert 1946 1 mins Silent
Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.
Advert 1962 0 mins Location: Rhyl
Cinema advertisement for Marine Lake & Ocean Beach, Rhyl, a popular destination for crowds set on a day's fun on free rides.
Advert 1942 7 mins Silent Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Who could deny these advertising claims: "Attractive hair is the ambition of every woman", and "Your family will enjoy Lincoln potatoes"?
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