MCC Tour of South Africa - Allom Home Movie No. 1

Whether it’s the height of the war or its aftermath makes no difference to these children enjoying themselves: at the seaside, on V E Day and around the bomb sites of Sheffield.

You can almost hear the cheers in this gorgeous silent film of VE day celebrations on the red, white and blue decked streets of Gateshead

Join four clean-cut intrepid youngsters on an awfully big 1940s adventure as they sing and cycle their way around the youth hostels of scenic Scotland in glorious colour. Tally ho!

Beautiful and engaging amateur footage of a lively 1930s Hong Kong.

A starkly beautiful portrait of crofting life in Flodabay on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

Hardy salmon fishermen on the scenic shores of Skye work their nets in pursuit of a plentiful silver paycheck in this award winning early colour educational film from 1938.

The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet are reunited on stage for the first time since 1968 as part of the BFI and British Council’s Shakespeare on Film.

Ernie tells Eric to ‘be wise’ and not drive home after their Christmas party

The Sunday school in their Sunday best taking their message into the community.

Anglesey-based artist Charles Tunnicliffe swaps brushes for a camera and offers us the chance to look a cormorant in its emerald-green eye.

Life on a Wiltshire farm.

Warning: contains images of men wearing nappies!