Olympic Trials

Tricky weather conditions cause some spills in the downhill and ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.

With the Paralympics even more marginalised than today, these athletes show great determination, dedication, camaraderie and humility.

We're off! Olympic training on the streets of Mansfield as local boy John Whetton prepares for the 1968 Mexico City games.

British "girl athletes" prove themselves in competition with women from around the world at Stamford Bridge.

Special effects galore in this demonstration of fancy swimming and diving, featuring Olympic medallist Belle White.

A rare insight into gymnast Olga Korbut's life at the height of her fame, showing the discipline it takes to be an Olympic champion.

Music hall star George Robey kicks off the action at this international ladies' footie match at Herne Hill, South London.

The adrenaline rush of a race at South London's famous velodrome at the height of a cycling boom.

Stunning, 360-degree action of the speeding wheels at London's premier cycling circuit.

Women cyclists go for gold! Singer Gracie Fields presents the grand prize at South London's premier women's cycling event.

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.