Gay Black Group

Scintillating look at the 1960s drag renaissance, with a visit to London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

Compelling play by the writer of Chariots of Fire, exposing homophobic bullying in a northern secondary modern.

Effeminate fisticuffs from the French in this boxing-themed send-up of foreign stereotypes.

The queer alphabet - from AC/DC to Zipper.

Street protest tranvestite nuns perpetually indulge in this 1993 doc featuring Derek Jarman.

An intimate account of frustration and disarray in 1980s Britain from the point of view of a young woman.

A group of volunteers at Bedford Square practice extinguishing fires with a stirrup pump, though some even find the overalls a bit of a struggle

The funeral procession of suffragette Emily Davison - fatally injured at the Epsom Derby - passes through London to her final resting place in Morpeth.

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.