The Animal World

Fun mixture of natural history and wartime public information.

Sweet and funny short about a potty-mouthed dog who loves his owner

Six legged competitors take to the starting blocks as a Midlands pub brings the sport of beetle racing to the world.

Daisy the pet alligator living on the Lizard in Cornwall

Should you look hard enough, you’ll be amazed at the antics that creatures get up to, says Dorothy Maxey, amateur filmmaker and naturalist.

What’s new in textiles? This recruitment film aims to tempt teenagers to work in their local Courtaulds mill.

An epic and electrifying portrait of the county that cradled the industrial revolution.

A diverse workforce make their way from the factory, perhaps a Lancashire cotton mill?

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.