Million Spectators Welcome Return of Football

Flush on wages of £160 per week, George Best ponders money in the game, the pressures of fame and his footballing future.

Lionel Martin is just fifteen years old but with eight top football clubs wanting to sign him his future appears mapped out.

Argyle's Mariner scores in front of Bobby Robson

Professional footballers answer the call of duty and get in training; many would go on to fight in the Battle of the Somme.

A day in the life of stylish “Gentleman George” Hardwick, the new manager of Sunderland Football Club.

What does it take to manage a football team? Two former players talk of the tough role at the top in a world where players are demanding Ј200 a week in wages.

A little piece of football history from the people's game: possibly the earliest surviving game on film

Blackburn Rovers play at home at Ewood Park to an unidentified team in an Edwardian football fixture.

An Edwardian First Division football match played at Blackburn's Ewood Park Stadium.

The entry of the teams and action from both halves of an Edwardian football game at Ewood Park.

A new luxury express is put through its paces. This film looks over the shoulders of the select band of craftsmen, engineers and operators, whose combined skills try to ensure that a train journey is a delightful experience.

British Transport Films record the varied daily lives of their neighbours as seen from the high roof of their building in London’s Marylebone.

The Stationmaster at York guides us through a typical day, from dawn to dusk.

Illustrating the efficiency of express freight trains, and how they link manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

Examining a day in the life of what was then the busiest railway system in the world – British Railways.

A 1957 film examining the future for British Railways, and some of the opportunities provided by a new modernisation plan.