Football Match at Preston C.1900

Early league football, with the team who will become Birmingham City losing at Anfield in a relegation year.

Fun on Rhyl seafront as E. H. Williams and his troupe entertain crowds with much ducking and diving in this hectic act.

A multitude of Lancashire schoolchildren is ushered past the camera.

The annual championship meeting of England's premier athletics association.

Marching bands and local volunteers fill the streets of the Lancashire town.

The circus comes to town in wintery Carlisle.

Christmas planning on a grand scale in a Lancashire workplace.

Winston Churchill visits Lancashire, in the closing days of his premiership and the last months of the Second World War.

Any old iron? The people of the North West contribute to the nationwide collection of scrap metal.

Playing the beautiful game - the ladies from Lancashire demonstrate their skills.

Red letter day in Preston

Admire the nimble-fingered cotton workers at the monumental Horrockses, Crewdson & Co cotton factory in Preston

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.

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

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.

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