Cycling the Channel

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

Women cyclists go for gold! Singer Gracie Fields presents the grand prize at South London's premier women's cycling event.

They breed them hard in Dudley - running non-stop for 24 hours is nothing to Ron Bentley: his next challenge is to race over 800 miles.

Want to learn to dance the Swedish Masquerade, Dutch Hakke Toone, or maybe the Italian Tarantella? Essex schoolchildren show us how it’s done.

Meet the president leading the haggis hurling revival and learn how delivering lunch became a sport for kilted gentlemen.

Rare home movie capturing sporting action in 1967 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, birthplace of the Paralympics.

Anyone for a trip to the seaside? From Bournemouth to Margate via Brighton and Folkestone – sunny delights in abundance.

Peter Mills' film provides a glimpse of Canterbury and Dover in the early 1960s - where buildings, ancient and modern, sit side by side and Dover's castle is a backdrop to the port

Canterbury's newest department store opens to a colourful fanfare as this film from Peter Mills shows - along with an historical pageant, a Marine band and a trip to Dover Castle.

Enjoy a look at Dover Docks in the years before the arrival of the Channel Tunnel along with a station stop at Ashford, in this short film from Alan Stingemore.

A nostalgic look at Dover Docks - before the arrival of the Channel Tunnel - featuring classic cars, trucks and a monster hovercraft

There's something for everyone in Folkestone as this promotional film claims - including lidos, fine dining, cliff railways and the weirdest fitness machines ever seen

Khwaaish or 'Desire' is an Indian short film that glimpses into the life of one man’s longing to find a same-sex companion, in a city that refuses to accept LGBTQIA+ people.

Beautifully animated short film about a boy's feelings of love for another boy – his best friend.

A first-of-its-kind silent LGBTQ short film set in India, Sisak makes waves before the visuals of this film hit the shore.

Lalit decides to come out to his parents at dinner. Seeking acceptance, he cooks his father’s favourite fish curry.

A British Indian woman and her father discuss their opposing views on family and sexuality in this beautifully moving, visually striking 2D animated short film.

A young trans woman embarks on a poignant quest for love after falling for a rickshaw driver.