The London Topographical Society

The holiday crowds are in the mood to enjoy themselves at Hampstead Fair, and army recruiters seize the opportunity to encourage enlistment.

WWI recruits apply their training - to a friendly snowball fight

Fantastically lively images from around East London's greatest music hall.

These atmospheric scenes of the Thames and central London (including some spoiled by fog) were shot for the Sherlock Holmes feature The Sign of Four.

Experience the dinge and gloom of the smog shrouding London's Trafalgar Square in the 1920s.

Splendid scenes of Londoners letting off steam around the capital - but where, exactly?

Ealing locals delight in their new park's manicured lawns, splendid mansion, and sports facilities.

Tick-tock, tick-tock...the home of British time-keeping at Greenwich.

Hot and bothered Londoners find ways to cool off in the summer heatwave of 1929.

Charging horses and blazing guns at the Woolwich Garrison tattoo, leading to a toy soldier massacre.

Much excitement for the opening of Barking's new swimming pool - better known as the East End's Lido.

A rare glimpse inside the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor in the East End during the early 1930s.

Follow working narrow boats as they make their 60-hour trip from London to Birmingham along Britain's longest industrial waterway.

Could computer-controlled taxis solve the traffic crisis? Maybe not, but this film's a must for technology buffs (and fans of early electronic music).

"Plague spots in the richest city in the world" - slums are demolished to make way for new homes in Somers Town, London.

Barclays Bank's London HQ adapts to wartime banking, as a keen amateur filmmaker records staff at work, rest and play.

Who needs the Boat Race? Not Hammersmith, with its own regatta - complete with greasy pole competition. Nearby, the Classic Cinema reopens to fanfare.

A beautifully evocative three-mile glide along the Thames from bustling docks to bohemian Chelsea.

An old man looks back wistfully over his years spent living in a King's Cross square, and enjoys a surprise skiffle party organised by neighbours.

Hackney Downs School Cadets in athletics training and competition, filmed by teacher Joe Brearley.

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani

Fascinating look at the Barbican – before it became the brutalist icon we know today.

London in 1963 was a city in flux, as this spectacular aerial footage shows.

Excellent if somewhat jerky aerial shots of London taken from a helicopter and featuring close-ups of Waterloo, the docks and Tower Bridge.

Environmentalists wage war on the Greater London Council in this eye-opening account of a battle to save Hammersmith's open spaces.

Do you remember when the moon men came to Croydon? You can bet these kids never forgot the day Dogg's Troupe landed

Stylishly-shot document of multicultural 1970s London among Southall's Asian community.