Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London

There’s a killer on the loose in Muswell Hill

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open new buildings at Marischal College, Aberdeen

A boy being supervised by his grandmother sees a chance for mischief

The lengths that some people will go to, just to avoid a speeding ticket… in this case to Saturn and back.

A comic traffic incident

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open new buildings at Marischal College, Aberdeen

The 'Tank Bank' tours through Scotland, selling War Bonds, raising money for the war effort and boosting morale

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man Norrie Williamson goes head to head with his greedy landlady

Aberdeen's local fishermen turn into wildcatting oilmen in a lively report from the early days of the North Sea oil boom.

A deftly-shot newsreel documenting the hostilities between British and German fishermen at the height of their rivalry.

Aberdonians prove their grit in a moving amateur newsfilm of war-ravaged buildings and family fun in Hazlehead Park.

A young Palestinian woman crosses the Israeli border illegally to find her long-lost brother, who she hopes will be her ticket to a new life.

Beautiful NHS fundraiser, setting Michael Rosen’s poem to powerful archive images.

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!

A vicar is caught flirting with an improperly-dressed chorus girl in this saucy silent comedy.

A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.

All ashore! Passengers disembark and crew offload after a long Atlantic crossing.