Shrewsbury Corporation Film No. 3

Pin-sharp post-war views of the welshest parts of Wales, from slate and coal mines to the fine cities like Aberystwyth.

King George V gives his blessing to Shrewsbury's agricultural show, meeting dairymaids and farming veterans.

Jack takes unemployment on the chin and, using his feet, ensures that it does not prevent him from joining his comrades on vacation in Wales.

A sneak peek at the shires of Shrewsbury on display for the King’s visit to the county fair

The end of an era as Shrewsbury's cattle market on Smithfield Road shuts its doors for the final time.

Three cheers for the King! George V drops in on his prize Dexter bull at the Royal Agricultural Show.

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.