The Queen at Sheffield

The crowds stand silent as the nation says goodbye to Queen Victoria in February 1901.

Crowds gather outside the Town Hall to hear the town crier's royal announcement.

The Victorian great and good mark the passing of a political titan

Unusually detailed shots of the Jubilee procession

Carriages full of well-heeled guests continue in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession, filmed for RW Paul.

The head of the colonial procession and the Horse Guards approach Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Sheffield professional sportsmen train determined disabled adults to compete at the Special Olympics in this heart-warming short film. (

Highly-skilled women defy 1940s gender prejudices and produce munitions in one of Sheffield’s many wartime factories.

Military men and women from Sheffield put on a show from 1942-1947 in this patriotic compilation film.

A Sheffield bus strike causes traffic congestion in this film that shows the significant local impact that a workplace dispute can have.

As the rise of fascism casts a shadow over Europe, the people of Sheffield take to the streets to deliver a powerful message.

Children from Sheffield enjoy becoming amateur dentists for the day in this informative educational film from the late 1950s.

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum.

A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet.

Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system.

Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind.