Woodford Celebrates the Coronation

Excited crowds gather to celebrate a new royal arrival - the future Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen and Prince Philip enjoy a day out in the Glasgow suburbs in this sumptuous 1960s amateur film, complete with pipe band, flag-waving schoolchildren and very big hats.

The streets are crowded, windows are occupied, and walls are sat on in the beautifully decorated town, as everyone tries to catch a glimpse of the newly crowned Queen.

Visit Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, with a Royal accompaniment as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit in 1955, enjoying an agricultural show and pageant along the way.

The most modern, integrated steel works in Europe are at Llanwern, Newport, and they are opened on this “great day” (26/10/1962) by the Queen who is visiting with Prince Philip.

A special report looks into the preparations for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and her subsequent tour of the South West.

Sorry kids – your parents might never let you out of the house again after watching this bleak 1940s road safety film

Witness the test running of the computerised Victoria line control system, first of its kind in the world.

Grab a "pure cream ice" from Alf or a pint of the finest foaming ale and hop on the merry-go-round at this delightful fair in Woodford.

A group of East London amateur film enthusiasts don their finest frocks and bowties as they get together for the annual dinner and dance.

Jubilant crowds gather to celebrate VE Day and the end of the war in Europe. Banners are raised above bomb damaged streets and buildings.

All walks of life captured in this short film about this busy market, not all of them are shopping related!

A saxophonist assembles her instrument while a woman eats oysters and removes tidal debris from her body in artist Jayne Parker's short film.

A promotional film documenting the design, assembly and maintenance of a conveyor system in a West Yorkshire coal mine.

A single girl, goaded by her fellow boarding-house residents, pretends to be engaged to a charming officer.

The story of a young man's embarrassing encounter with a young lady's woollen undergarment at the theatre.

Delightful adaptation of a sailor’s yarn starring the irrepressible Florence Turner and pre-John Ford Victor McLaglen, with novel illustrated inter-titles.

Arkita believes herself to be be modern, liberal and independent. An unprecedented encounter with a transgender sex worker questions her beliefs.