A Spring Wedding - the 11th of March 1963

Sam Jeavons is a Black Country horse man through and through and May Day is a time to decorate his wagon and bring some colour to Upper Gornal's streets.

An extraordinary and unexpected snapshot of rural life in wartime in which a young black girl is crowned Queen of the May.

Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale narrated by Peter Ustinov

Spring comes to Scotland in the 1950s: feed playful lambs, pick a host of glorious daffodils, and harness your faithful horse to the plough in this lovely amateur colour film.

A fluffy white blizzard - of hundreds of newborn lambs - hits a Reading farm, keeping the shepherd's hands full.

Easter Parade in Hyde Park, April 1958.

An impression of life in the industrial valleys of south Wales, from daybreak to midnight, and of the growing part played in that life by buses and railways.

Jimmy Wade, a hard-working and dedicated surgeon whose hands saved many in the Valleys, retires in 1935 armed with silver candlesticks.

A rare glimpse into the leisure pursuits of ordinary people in pre-war Britain.

August shows in south Wales (Peterston-super-Ely, Pontypridd, Rumney, Aberdare and Whitchurch): horses, drays and the hammer and sickle.

Knockabout comedy that grabs attention through its setting of the Pwyllgwaun colliery near Pontypridd.

Drama involving collecting boxes after the new year’s day party held by the Pontypridd branch of The League of Pity (now NSPCC’s School’s Fundraising) in 1953 at the New Inn Hotel.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.