WTF - A Box of Odd

There's a hint of the Radclyffe Halls in this peculiar film of actors emoting like crazy, before it's off to Boscombe for some beserk beach antics and a gathering in the country.

Early Vivaphone film capturing a jolly music hall routine about a maharajah's visit to London, made to be screened with a synchronised sound disc.

Two gifted servants perform magical feats for their employer with the aid of some impressive cinematic trick effects.

A leisurely drive turns into an out-of-this-world adventure for a newlywed couple and their robot chauffeur.

Mitchell and Kenyon capture comedian Tom E. Murray at Lizars Theatre in Edinburgh on 12 December 1904.

Actors in elaborate makeup and traditional costume - and a trained goat - perform for the camera in this rare glimpse of China’s westernmost city.

Melodramatic amateur fiction film protesting against the government's hated Means Test.

Ardent film fans could win a thousand pounds in this Daily Mail competition by naming screen actors in current releases.

50s fashion meets carpet kitsch in a futuristic fantasy of domestic bliss - courtesy of versatile, magical Bri-Nylon.

Thrills and spills on two wheels at a charity motorcycling gymkhana in Mitcham, Surrey.

A trip to the local supermarket for sanitary products turns awkward for a daughter and her father.

Innocent bunnies face an onslaught of badgers, bombs and birds of prey in this black comedy masquerading as a nature film.

Ostrich-riding and other outrageous animal antics at a private zoo in Ampthill, Bedfordshire.

Sophisticated, smart and surreal, this Courtaulds’ fashion show ventures well beyond the confines of the catwalk.

Cycling stunts and sight gags in a music hall curio.

Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.

The man in the moon learns about hygiene in this 1929 public information short promoting the benefits of all-electric mod cons.

What’s in your cheese? The microscopic mites here are unpleasant today but caused a sensation in 1903, in one of the Britain’s earliest exhibited scientific films.

Fashion tips for skinflint flappers and other invaluable stratagems, brought to you by 1920s cinemagazine Hints and Hobbies.

A grisly recipe for herring, teaching dogs to fight crime and other eccentric tips for modern living.

Tips for the lady motorist and how to repair galoshes with a piece of old tyre - the Hints and Hobbies team are back!

How to prevent a dirty neck and amuse your guests with sugar-lumps; it can only be an instalment of the wonderful Hints and Hobbies series.

Who needs an iron when you have a jam jar to hand? The Hints and Hobbies team return for the last surviving edition of the weekly cinemagazine.

Electrocution beckons courtesy of the Hints and Hobbies team, here to advise how to construct an efficient wireless set for just 1/10d.

From the decade that style forgot - it's the 1976 Portsmouth and Southsea Pram-Olympics!

Welcome to the strange and wonderful world of 1920s 'how-to' compendium Hints and Hobbies.

Ever wondered how your Christmas Stilton is made? All is revealed in this delectable short produced by pioneer Charles Urban.

What's that crawling around in the cheese? Surprises abound in this spoof nature film.

Don't trust cross-dressing canines with your dirty linen says this 1945 soap powder advert.

Two Teddy Bears look on happily, as before their glassy eyes a normal suburban family falls victim to some very abnormal goings on in their back garden.

A young Michael Caine bursts on to the scene as a cheeky soldier in this delightful advert for Watney's beer.

With Cold-War style chemical kits at the ready, valiant volunteers sample a deadly London 'peasouper' in this fascinating 1950s research film.

Tired little Jocelyn, in her National Health specs, falls asleep in the garden and wakes up in Wonderland in this amateur re-telling of Lewis Carroll's classic.

There are culinary catastrophes galore when Mrs Newlywed attempts to cook the couple's first meal in their austerity kitchen.

Disrespectful townie hikers get what's coming to them when the woodland spirits of Knole Park take their revenge.

Pity poor Bonzo. Bought by a couple who quickly tire of his doggie antics, he's now the object of murderous intentions. But can Bonzo redeem himself in time to save his skin?

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

A surrealistic animation featuring cut-out characters on a beserk bicycle ride through Sussex towards a final destination in the Brighton Dome.

A wonderfully tongue-in-cheek vision of domestic bliss courtesy of a certain bedtime malted milk drink.

The demon drink has dreadful consequences in this fantastical early trick film.

A slightly baffling example of cinema playing its part in the anti-German propaganda machine during WWI.

Innovative British design meets stylish practicality in a crowd-pleasing exhibition of postwar goods at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

Stanley Holloway recounts the exploits of Sam Small, whose wife sends him shopping for... what was it again?

Medical film or lost avant-garde body horror classic? You decide!

Can't stand the sight of blood? - then DON'T watch this! This amazing film is of one the first ever successful hip replacements pioneered by consultants McKee and Farrar

Enjoy pre-dinner cocktails in the company of organ maestro Nick Olson, tickling the ivories at Uncle Tom's Cabin, Minnis Bay, Birchington.

After a short but flammable existence, Victor, a matchbox from Sweden, reflects on life's vicissitudes as he awaits his fate in the gutter.

In a hugely entertaining parody of her media persona, Germaine Greer stars as a terrifyingly amorous woman who pursues a man relentlessly.

A farmer tells all about some wild goings-on

The dangers of drinking take on a surreal turn as one of the pink elephants seen by our inebriated hero materializes and thwarts all attempts to get rid of her, even a safari hunter.

Aberaman Original Silver Band in action, and a group of men play-acting for the camera with false beard, bird cage and washing dolly!

Conjuring up demons in Birmingham.

A female protagonist falls prey to the ‘Shadowman’, who stalks his victim before attack. Uses stop-motion animation as well as live action.

Recorded for posterity: the partnership between Mr Herbert Bellis and Blodwen the Beautiful, one of the last steam rollers in operation.

Frank Liptrot, gentle and unassuming, has a penchant for imitating the sounds of a range of domestic pets and farm animals.

Human puppets act out a tale of love, jealousy and obsession in this short experimental film by Colchester Cine Club, 1974.

To carry on his important work the ego-maniacal scientist Dr Kelly must obtain another hand … a hand which begins to take on a life of its own.

Nightmarish visions become a reality in this imaginative production that mixes live action, animation, and special effects.

Driven to distraction a young man murders another, however the dead victim’s feline reincarnation wants revenge!

Extra-terrestrial plantlife is discovered in the Welsh countryside causing mischief for scientist Dr Felix Ackerman, filmed in 1977.

A summertime reunion with an old flame turns into uncanny happenings for Dear Jonathon. Episode five of eight from the 'Other Realms' series.

An uncanny tale of doppelganger supplantment partners an atmospheric soundtrack of ambient music by Brian Eno. 'Other Realms' Episode 6.

An 'Other Realms' production created and written by Jon Coley in 1983 inspired by 1960s cult TV series' 'The Outer Limits' and 'The Invaders'.

Inspired by Patrick McGoohan’s ‘Danger Man’, 18 year old Jon Coley creates a showreel of cleverly choreographed stuntman action, 1974-1978.

Ever wondered what the Vikings would make of modern York?

When did you last see camouflage, candelabra and Cornish pasties round one table?

Shoppers clear the aisles, as Ulster Television’s toilet roll racers get ready for action.

Join the dial-a craze and receive spiritual comfort from the comfort of your own home.

Are you ready for your close-up? It’s down the hatch as pints are pulled, glugged, and delicately sipped for an unknown news story.

A man loses everything he has day-dreaming his way through life

It was a day like any other for Percy Faith until he hears a voice he’ll never forget.

It’s 1977 in Northern Ireland; find out what people in the street are shouting about? It might not be what you expect.

A triple bill of glamour courtesy of Lux toilet soap.

An engaging blend of sci-fi, education and unintentional humour aids this anti-smoking diatribe aimed at 1970s teenagers.

From fashion and slimming tips to a jazz age night out in London - just some of the diverting items in this cinemagazine

Meet a very beautiful, very clever girl who adores peaches in Michael Gill's BFI-funded fantasy short.

Guests to impress? Celebrity chef Marcel Boulestin out a quick veal escalope with the aid of a shiny new gas cooker.

"Don't be cruel to a vegetabuel": delightful pair of music hall numbers from the eccentric writer of Jollity Farm.

After breaking out of jail, a young woman struggles to hold down a job and eventually becomes a very unlikely nun.

Dick Emery and dance troupe The Young Generation invite you to "simply pay through Giro" in this musical money promo.

A wannabe trendy vicar has difficulty entering the audio-visual age thanks to a hapless projectionist

Health and safety gone mad: stuntmen have a blast in this grisly warning to building site workers

1950s song and dance revue set in a colourful world of boarding houses and coffee bars

If this groovy 60s advert is to be believed, all the cool young things will be wearing Corfam shoes this season…

A young David Jason tries and fails to master sales calls in this highly enjoyable 1970s corporate film

Decades before Toy Story, a young boy’s toys come to life through animation

1960s songster Alan Klein invites Julie Samuel to ‘Come Outside’ - but she’d rather do the twist - in this pop promo

It’s trad, Dad! Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band stomp up a storm of Creole Jazz in this early 60s promo film

This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl.

This strange early 1950s stereoscopic 3-D film is a colourful document of the Co-operative Wholesale Society in Doncaster

Frantic Welsh boogie-woogie maestro Thunderclap Jones pounds the piano in this fast and furious pop promo

Pythons join Frank Muir, Connie Booth and Willie Rushton celebrating the Guinness Book of Records.

Join John Cleese and the cast of Monty Python and the Holy Grail on location in Scotland

The cutting-edge medical imaging of over a century ago.

An early medical imaging film

Between us is truth, let there be truth between us

A Derry classroom becomes an unlikely setting for this uncanny experimental film by Terence McDonald and Gerry Wills

Take a few minutes to meditate on this mesmerising Super 8 experiment straight from the artist’s studio

Thrifty housewives rejoice! These how-tos, ranging from the handy to the slightly mad, will steer you right

Handy hacks for 1940s domestic goddesses, including outlandish tips for keeping flowers fresh and treats for 'Mr. Puss'

No money? No problem! Fancy handbags and luxurious baths lie at the 1940s housewife's fingertips

A lampshade fit for a drag queen and frugal food in an age before Delia Smith. Who says austerity can't be fun?

You don't have to be rich to be a glamour-puss, as this 1940s advice for housewives proves

A delightfully eccentric hairdressing tutorial for the stylists of 1950s Britain

Chinese children toddle to traditional music in this intriguing Gaumont newsreel.

Reached peak beard? Embrace life as a clean-shaven chap with this comic history of shaving.

Drunken firemen and Martians invade the centre of Nottingham for the annual student rag, leading to mass flour fight

The 'little Lux shepherdess' helps reunite two quarrelling lovers in this fun early advert.