Real Tennis

A young pretender takes on the Wimbledon Champion

Light on his feet, Tony Mottram shows why he's one of Britain's most influential tennis coaches following a successful career as a tennis pro.

Extended highlights from the 1951 Wimbledon Tennis Championships

Newsreel coverage of the finals of the 1922 Surrey County Championships in tennis at Surbiton

Amateur film of the final day of play at the Walton-on-Thames Tennis Tournament 1934.

Patrick Hughes shows how to become a better tennis player.

Focusing on each town’s university colleges, main streets, gardens, statues and memorials with a narration of the history of the buildings, notable scholars, and traditions.

Sydney Martin takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the landmarks of Oxford and surrounds including an occasional wry eye.

Against the odds, same sex couples in Oxford get the right to register for council housing, but for how long?

Hair-raising scenes of weaving cyclists, dopey drivers and pedestrian near-misses caught on camera during a typical day in 1950s Oxford.

Student's-eye view of 1920s Oxford

Time has taken an interesting toll on this contrasting portrait of Oxbridge by pro-am filmmaker Mathew Nathan

A classic slice of British advertising history, though that hill's not as Northern as it looks...

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

Eager youngsters burst out of the gates of a Victorian cotton mill.

It's the first weekend of July 1901, and high society are on the Thames

An unusual farewell in this charming early film

The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed by a famous magician