Demolition of a Mill Chimney in Leeds (1901)

Lancashire cotton-workers pile out through the mill gates at dinner time.

Another shift ends in Victorian Lancashire, while children play in the street.

Lively Lancashire millworkers, including young boys and girls, at the mill gates.

Where was this Edwardian paper works?

Weary glassmakers head home after morning shift.

A rich impression of a vibrant Midlands works, in an unusually elaborate 'factory gate' film.

There is never a dull moment in this International Spy Game of foreign spies competing to trick their way into sixteen different embassies.

As the craze for playing cowboys and Indians ebbs, Waddingtons introduce a game for boys to re-enact the famous Sioux and Cheyenne victory.

Tuning into the biggest consumer market for television advertising in Britain with Trident TV.

With the subatomic world getting ever smaller, Waddingtons recognised that a microscope was just what was needed “for the man of the future.”

Headlining with the expulsion of South Africa from the Olympics in 1970, the Yorkshire Post sells itself as much more than a local paper.

Butter, eggs, and lemons, what else could better evoke the healthiness of the countryside than this delicious traditional desert topping?

Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.

Cinema advertisement for Marine Lake & Ocean Beach, Rhyl, a popular destination for crowds set on a day's fun on free rides.

Who could deny these advertising claims: "Attractive hair is the ambition of every woman", and "Your family will enjoy Lincoln potatoes"?

Operatic chickens, shrimps and salmon sing-a-long with a paste pot chorus in this vibrantly animated advert for Shippam's

Liberté, égalité and fraternité in corsets, girdles and bras.

This amazing discovery shows how cinema advertising used to look in Bygone Britain - a truly nostalgic gem of a film for lovers of Britain's past