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Nellie Boote's laundry in Market Street in operation, the women dashing away with all manner of smoothing irons as clothes are sorted, mended, washed, ironed and sorted again.

Handloom weaving, and its place in the history of textile production.

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Redruth Cottage Industry

The NEEB sells an electrical future for modern homes and industries in the 1960s.

The looms of Lancashire: how the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution created the thriving textile industry.

A charming regional commercial for Plymouth’s best loved department store.

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The skateboard phenomenon is taking off on Plymouth Hoe.

Cruising into the history books SS Liberté makes its final voyage stopping at Plymouth en route to Le Havre.

Former shipwright turns his talents to model-making.

Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Unit based in Plymouth covers the South West as a service for unexploded munitions.

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.