Lancashire Steel Corporation - Irlam Works

The drama and spectacle of steelmaking at Ebbw Vale.

A richly detailed depiction of the history and technology of the iron ore industry - plus some dramatic explosions.

RTB has lots to celebrate and Howard Marshall, director of personnel/public relations and the main Ingot Pictorial commentator, downs a pint in one on opening Ebbw Vale House.

This Ingot Pictorial – a quarterly review of life inside and outside RTB steelworks – brings back memories of summer events (carnival, tennis, singing cousins) in December.

A steelworks and a workforce under the shadow of closure. Bilston faces a cold winter as it loses its traditional heavy industry.

Tom Williams bridges industrial and rural life: he is a fitter at Bryngwyn Sheetworks but, at leisure, carves shepherd's crooks and competes in sheepdog trials with 'Cap'.

Watching the soaps in Salford, the "birthplace of a billion bubbles".

Hot metal innovations: putting research into practice in the foundry.

Manchester's link to the sea - a success story for British engineering and commerce.

Take a fighter jet, a Top Gun pilot with sunglasses and a brand new SAAB 900 and you have a sure-fire vehicle to launch a Hollywood career.

A wandering warrior dreams of a new form of expression, in this promo for UNKLE’s album The Road: Part II / Lost Highway Pt. II directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.

A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.

Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.

Cinema advertisement for Marine Lake & Ocean Beach, Rhyl, a popular destination for crowds set on a day's fun on free rides.

Who could deny these advertising claims: "Attractive hair is the ambition of every woman", and "Your family will enjoy Lincoln potatoes"?