Harrow Marathon and Shrove Tuesday in Pinner

Tricky weather conditions cause some spills in the downhill and ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.

British Empire Olympic athletes take on the USA in the track and field at Stamford Bridge.

The real Chariots of Fire heroes feature in this comprehensive look at the 1924 Olympic Games.

The incredible highs and crushing lows of the Belfast's boxing community

“It isn’t the will to win, it’s that you don’t like to get beaten,” states the redoubtable Harvey Smith, revealed as smart, tough and easy going.

Dartchery aims for bullseye

The small town of Pinner in Harrow is brought to life through a short, reflective biography of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Hijinks ensue when a couple attempt to operate their television set, illustrating the frustrations of (what would have been) new technology.

This amateur informational piece fervently laments the necessary shift from old-fashioned telephone operation to the automatic system.

Evocative film capturing the suburb of Pinner succumbing to modernity, as we watch roads being constructed and the countryside retreating.

Hats, stumbles and happy faces at this wedding film from 1956, taken at the service and reception of Judith and Peter Elliott in Pinner.

A tour of Pinner Village during its celebratory Pinner Week highlights local landmarks, fun, fancy dress and festivities.

The Victorian great and good mark the passing of a political titan

For Britons during the Boer War, a welcome opportunity to support the troops - and march alongside them

Factory gate glimpses at - we think - Barrow-in-Furness

Worthing waves at us in this mesmerising early film

Film's first joke? A fresh take on an old prank.

This was one of a series of actuality films made by the Victorian pioneer Birt Acres during 1895. The film is thought to have been shot on June 20, on the occasion of the opening of the Kiel Canal by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Acres shot other films at the same time, but they have not survived.