Cycling Stunt Man

Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.

The dedication and enthusiasm of Club cyclists is put to the test big time at the early season Kermesse on Norfolk's chilly east coast.

Blazing saddles on the 140-mile Blaydon route of the 1960 British National Road Race with one of the greatest amateur road cyclists of all time.

Rare film of an exciting sprint and cycle racing event just after the war, capturing most of the large expectant crowd and many competitors.

A tough training regime for a cycling world champion. Although it helps that he goes home to a fellow Olympian.

Crowds flood Belfast to catch a glimpse of the Tour of the North cyclists

Gloucester's only tricycle ice cream seller runs rings around Chris Tarrant.

Southern League football team Gloucester City call in famed hypnotist Henry Blythe to take them to a higher plane.

Mysterious home movie scrapbook of industry and agriculture around Gloucestershire.

The three candidates in the 1957 Gloucester by-election out and about on the campaign trail.

A new luxury express is put through its paces. This film looks over the shoulders of the select band of craftsmen, engineers and operators, whose combined skills try to ensure that a train journey is a delightful experience.

British Transport Films record the varied daily lives of their neighbours as seen from the high roof of their building in London’s Marylebone.

Illustrating the efficiency of express freight trains, and how they link manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

Examining a day in the life of what was then the busiest railway system in the world – British Railways.

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

A 1957 film examining the future for British Railways, and some of the opportunities provided by a new modernisation plan.