H.M.S. "Powerful" Arriving in Portsmouth Harbour

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces recognises war heroes old and new in front of crowds on a wet day in Edwardian Liverpool.

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

A surprisingly languid scene shot far from the Boer War battlefields.

Panorama of two wooden battleships, both by this time used as training ships for naval cadets

This close view of departing troops gets up close and personal with soldiers off to the Boer War.

Stunning cinematic record of a key British defeat in the Boer War

The Foundation of Beauty is what lies beneath - as this parade of corsetted ladies reveal - with corsets to suit all shapes, sizes and ages

This enjoyable 1930s info-mercial shows how you can furnish your home -and have that dream kitchen - by using the PIMCO easy payment plan

Take a good look at one of the era's largest warships - the hefty H.M.S. Powerful, back from the Boer War

All sorts of building styles sit cheek-by-jowl in Portsmouth's redeveloped Guildhall Square - as George Sloane's mid 1970s film shows

Portsmouth Polytechnic is about to rise from its foundations in this short 1968 film from George Sloane - and there isn't a hard hat to be seen

From the heights of Portsdown Hill you get a view of sixties Portsmouth and the distant Isle of Wight in this short film from F Howard.

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.

The director talks to Mark Kermode about putting Stephen King's dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller through its paces. 

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.