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Shiraz: A Romance of India
Historical drama1928106 mins
This epic silent film, telling the ravishing, romantic story behind the Taj Mahal, has been newly restored with a sumptuous new score from Anoushka Shankar.
Mildred
Sponsored film196010 mins
A future Beatles director and former Goon script a beautifully designed comic cartoon for BP
Tropical Breezes
Animation & Artists Moving Image193011 mins
A British Steamboat Willie? This early British sound cartoon might not have been the first, but it’s a cracker
Morecambe and Wise - Be Wise Don't Drink and Drive
Public Information Filler19631 mins
Ernie tells Eric to ‘be wise’ and not drive home after their Christmas party
Peter's Picture Poems
Animation & Artists Moving Image19173 mins
A star-spangled sock on the nose for Kaiser Wilhelm, as this wordplay propaganda cartoon meets war crimes with pun-ishment
Green Men, Yellow Woman
Animation & Artists Moving Image19734 mins
Even Clark Gable doesn’t live up to his image in this off-beat cartoon about a woman fed up with the attentions of little green men
Rate Rebates 1969
Public Information Filler19691 mins
Zippy public information animation on how to keep up with the Joneses - by getting a rebate on rates.
Bee Boy
Animation & Artists Moving Image20056 mins
Bee Boy is destined to spend eternity trapped inside a hive on top of a hill.
Is This Your Life?
Amateur film19579 mins
An unusual and visually sophisticated commentary on the routine drabness and drudgery of everyday suburban existence.
Superted
Children's19759 mins
Don’t tell the Spotty man but Superted has a new friend. A stop motion predecessor of the superhero teddy idea
Cubism
Amateur film19812 mins
The puzzle that kick-started the 1980s comes to life in this amateur animation.
Animated Cotton
Trick film19095 mins
Relax and unwind in rewind with this trick film – if you haven’t cottoned on yet all is not as it seems…
Be a Good Neighbour
Animation & Artists Moving Image19776 mins Location: South Shields
An animation stuffed full of canine cracks promotes the Home Office Good Neighbour scheme in the 1970s.
Bertie's Cave
Animation & Artists Moving Image192511 mins
A bedtime story for insects by a legend of natural history filmmaking
Tim Marches Back
Government sponsored film19442 mins
A Peter Strausfeld animation, encouraging the public to use the telephone more sparingly in wartime.
Tracks
Animation & Artists Moving Image198928 mins
A feminist collage/essay film that takes a critical look at certain feminist theories.
Air to Wear
Advert19572 mins
As full of holes as his Aertex shirt, Uncle Jeff’s tall tales are captured in crayon in this animated cinema ad
New collections
Commonwealth Tales
Vibrant snapshots of life in member states across the 20th century, both before and after the foundation of the Commonwealth.
NHS on Film
Film has the power to change lives – and even save them. No surprise, then, that moving images have played an important role in one of the world’s greatest public health services.
1918 on Film
The final year of the war was a tough one for British film, but the industry did its patriotic best.