Funeral of Queen Victoria: Funeral Procession at Cowes

The crowds stand silent as the nation says goodbye to Queen Victoria in February 1901.

Crowds gather outside the Town Hall to hear the town crier's royal announcement.

The Victorian great and good mark the passing of a political titan

Unusually detailed shots of the Jubilee procession

Sheffield gives the capital a run for its money with an impressive parade celebrating the monarch, a month before the Diamond Jubilee.

Carriages full of well-heeled guests continue in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession, filmed for RW Paul.

Come aboard a jolly mini-cruise around the Solent in this fascinating 1929 film from Ralph Staley - featuring his wife Ellen, his daughter Pam and the Mauretania

Join the Thomspon family on their Isle of Wight holiday in this delightfully nostalgic film from 1950

Hunger marchers demonstrate and the London season opens: the contrast between rich and poor in 1930s Britain

From Cowes to Torquay, followed by cameras all the way, the world’s fastest powerboats speed along the south coast.

The hives of Hampshire are the centrepiece of this tour of the county, from Aldershot to Bournemouth and all points in between.

High society and the royal couple celebrate Cowes Week, 1922.

In this mini video essay, BFI contributor Maha Al-Badrawi explains why Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls is a rhinestoned, stilettoed Western.

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet.

Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum.

Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system.