Munition Workers at Play

Shades of Lawrence of Arabia in a worn but often beautiful film of WWI desert exercises in Egypt.

Soldiers troop down a leafy Surrey lane in this intriguing wartime newsreel item.

Casualties from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle enjoy their recuperation in Kent.

Travelling with the Red Cross ambulance flotillas through Montereau in central northern France.

All quiet on Germany's Western Front, but the ferocity of Allied artillery bombardment is plain to see in these eerie scenes of carnage.

War is declared in Italy, while a returning hero is welcomed in London.

1926 FA Cup semi-finals: Manchester City v Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers v Swansea Town

Street fights in Tottenham - the start of the traffic-stopping tradition of a sit-down kids feast

Policemen in mufti act out accident scenarios to an assembly of school children, while Safety Sam drives the road safety message home

Goals from the 1923 FA Cup 4th round, featuring QPR v Sheffield Utd, Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers & Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County.

A snapshot of Saturday afternoon football watched by thousands of adoring fans, plus contrasting scenes of Southport and Spurs players in training.

Fascinating tour of London’s schools for the deaf, showing teaching methods and meeting deaf children, including several from Africa and the West Indies.

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.