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Two horse-drawn fire engines gallop past the camera.
Non-Fiction 1901 Silent
Some unexpected framing in the two sequences of this film takes the fire engines out of shot when first glanced, but they make a dramatic reappearance moments later. The man carrying what looks like a Gladstone bag is probably one of Mitchell and Kenyon's showman collaborators as he's positioned at the street corner at the beginning of each shot. In another clue, he is dressed more smartly.
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent
A veritable Victorian Towering Inferno.
Non-Fiction 1899 1 mins Silent Location: Henley-on-Thames
Jolly boating weather as the hordes descend on Henley for the Regatta.
Non-Fiction 1900 0 mins Silent Location: Cambridge
University teams navigate a bend on the river Cam in no ordinary rowing race.
Non-Fiction 1898 1 mins Silent Location: Ewood Park, Blackburn
A little piece of football history from the people's game: possibly the earliest surviving game on film
Non-Fiction 1898 2 mins Silent Location: Blackwall
The launch of H.M.S Albion, which was marred by the collapse of a gangway which resulted in many spectators drowning.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins
The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed by a famous magician
Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Lady Godiva makes an appearance at Dundee students' rag stunt - to raise money for hospitals - in this newsreel item
Non-Fiction 1918 15 mins Silent Location: Glasgow
The 'Tank Bank' tours through Scotland, selling War Bonds, raising money for the war effort and boosting morale
School programme and Educational film 1956 13 mins Silent Location: Ben Lui/Beinn Laoigh
Go on a colourful journey of discovery to learn about farming, fishing, transport and other industries of the era around Perth and Dundee, in this sweet 1950s educational film.
Amateur film 1949 25 mins Silent Location: Ben Nevis
Join four clean-cut intrepid youngsters on an awfully big 1940s adventure as they sing and cycle their way around the youth hostels of scenic Scotland in glorious colour. Tally ho!
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Edwardian textile workers leave a Dundee mill.
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Employees race out of a Jute works in Edwardian Dundee.
Documentary 2020 11 mins
Searching for one of the last people to speak Gayle - a secret language the gay community were forced to invent during Apartheid.
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2017 4 mins
A comedy-drama animation about two best friends growing up in the same world but experiencing it completely differently.
Drama 2019 14 mins
An African Pentecostal Pastor questions everything she believes after a life-changing event.
Drama 2018 8 mins
Samona Olanipekun explores the concepts of home, identity and belonging, from the starting point of the theme of globalisation.
Drama 2017 16 mins
Compelling story of a complex relationship between an imperious father and his son.
Documentary 2020 28 mins
Three African American fathers unravel the incomparable partnership of forgiveness and community.
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