Parade on Morecambe Central Pier (1902)

Summertime laughs and larks at a West Yorkshire pleasure gardens.

Crowds pay homage to the legendary naked rider during Coventry’s Edwardian coronation celebrations.

May Day festivities in the North Wales town.

Outside a fairground cinematograph in Edwardian Lancashire.

Crystal-clear views of town, sands, sea, tourists and locals at the Lancashire resort.

May Day revellers brave a wet and windy day in Edwardian Merseyside.

Victorian revelry on Morecambe Seafront.

Seaside festivities captured by one of the world’s earliest amateur filmmakers.

Floral delights and more from around the North West.

Crowds applaud as Lord Derby opens construction on a new road to the North

Come rain or shine, we're off to the seaside - a trip along the Fylde Coast in all kinds of weather.

Colourful amateur film showing family outings around Lancashire and a trip to Southampton to meet travellers from America

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.