Ford at Dagenham

Carnival queens and fantastic floats are captures in this terrific home movie of the Barking & Dagenham Carnival in the mid-1960s.

A man carefully fixes electric cables in a manhole, demonstrating the work of Dagenham’s Telephone Cables company in the 1950s.

Fascinating glimpse of working life showing women operating machinery at the huge Telephone Cables factory in Dagenham in the late 1950s.

Hypnotic footage of a cable winding machine at the Telephone Cables Ltd factory in Dagenham.

People, pets and birds enjoy the flowers and sunshine in this brief film, possibly showing a company social event.

Big grins and granny hats as a bus load of elderly men and women from Barking & Dagenham go on a day trip.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.