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.

A protective father masquerades as an automatic doll in this bonkers interwar comedy.

May Day – a significant day for the labour movement – is covered by the cameras of the Film and Photograph League.

An exploration of the life and work of the controversial British composer.

Let it bleed? This exemplary education film gets to the heart of the matter.

Punchy political film capturing mass protests against unemployment.

A spirited satire on the coronation of George VI made by members of the Film and Photograph League.