Somewhere in Hackney

Rural life in the Essex villages of Finchingfield and Great Bardfield - and the mixed reactions of older residents to changing times.

Shocking scenes of Kensington slums and 1930s housing developments offer a sharp contrast with today's reinvented area.

Widgey Raphael Newman, the short-lived, extraordinarily-named director of this period piece, has assembled attractive images of Wales but beware the commentary!

An isolated life can mean that home is nothing more than an “airy tomb”, as imagined by poet and rural parish priest R S Thomas.

Not-so-special special effects add the magic touch to this kitsch British Rail commercial.

The might of the British Empire is mobilised for war during 1914 and 1915.

Mickey realises his ticket is a different colour. Should he swap it?

Hackney teenagers - black, white, gay and straight - talk sex, love and marriage in this compelling drama-documentary.

Hackney Downs School Cadets in athletics training and competition, filmed by teacher Joe Brearley.

London schoolboys demonstrate impressive range of gymnastic moves for the cameras.

Teachers in Hackney make the most of their urban location to inspire budding young scientists.

A wartime magazine made to motivate and inform war workers, commissioned by the Ministry of Information in 1942 and exclusively screened in factories.

A sorry end to any ship: timings, tide and wind played their part in pushing HMS Conway onto the Platters rocks in the Menai Strait on 14/4/1953.

The wet and warm ale goes down a treat as aficionados gather to celebrate real ale.

Sea pinks and samphire, lighthouses and church ruins – Llanddwyn’s charms are many and varied.

Experimentation with a coat for two leaves couples with really no escape.

Progressive gathering of festival goers hits the blues.

Another blustery summer day in the 1950s and it's Lower Penn's carnival parade.