Dog Show Classes

Mingo, Jerry and Thea: names of the dogs or people seen? Either way, they will be connected, for sure, with Isla Johnston of Bryn Mêl, Glyngarth, Anglesey, who shot the footage.

The quirks of a whippet race, with novices in winklepickers learning from the old hands, all fully elucidated in broad West Yorkshire dialect.

An English Bull Terrier warns wartime cinema goers to put their cigarettes out with more care.

Gardener’s nightmare: a kitten at large in a flower bed!

Little disturbs the peace in Little London - despite some foxhunting, polo and the Second World War!

Oh to be Ginger Tom the cat and while away the hours!

Take to the skies or take to the water: a variety of popular North West events from 1934.

How Stockport got ahead in hatting - the story of the rise and fall of a North West industry.

From furry buns to natty titfers: workers at Jackson's in Stockport demonstrate traditional skills of hat making.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

An orderly exit from one of the biggest hat factories in Edwardian Stockport.

Spinners and weavers jostle through the exit of one of Stockport’s largest textile mills.

Charlie Hammersley, a student from Northumbria University, explains how Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film holds up a mirror to society. 

The film-makers behind a haunting tale of love and community within a UK immigration detention centre visited the BFI Southbank to discuss their film.

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another.

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.