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Large crowds are gathered to see Captain Scott's Terra Nova at Cardiff's Bute Docks as the ship moves away from the quay on her voyage to Antarctica.

Joyous scenes in Redruth, Cornwall at the wedding of a Nigerian couple in 1964 - who incorporate both British and traditional attire into the day's...

This film footage of the Ziegler North Pole expedition was reissued in Britain by Charles Urban in 1909 when all things Polar were of almost...

'Billy Merson, the great Nottingham-born music hall performer, presents one of his signature numbers. The film clearly captures Merson's comic...

The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift was a British youth organisation founded in 1920 as an alternative to the Scout movement. This edition of the Topical...

This short, silent film captures one of Britain's minor little railways: the Leek and Manifold Light Railway on the Staffordshire Moorlands. The...

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band...

See how Sally Jenkins and her driver, Thomas, run Hertfordshire's mobile library service with military precision.

Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers,...

The BFI's fascinating collection of 60 short films all made before 1911 aims to give wider access to some of the extraordinary film material held in...

An experimental documentary that reflects on the different kinds of relationship between mother and daughters, and the position of women in the...

Animated short teaching kids to to be superheroes by saving lives using the green cross code on the roads.

Welephant, a character that is still handing out fire safety advice to children today, here appeals to kids not to play with matches. Very...

Not sure the deerstalker helmet and (beige!) corduroy jacket are suitable for scooter or motorcycle riding. Still, they look the tops and very, very...

King George V (1970) charts the history of the celebrated locomotive, which was taken out of service in 1965 but offered a length of siding at...

In North Lincolnshire the villagers of Haxey and Westwoodside tussle with one another whilst pursuing the 'hood'.

There are some breathtaking shots of workers constructing Newcastle's iconic Tyne Bridge, designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, in this detailed and...

UK public information film advising parents to watch small children when near open stretches of water.

The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving...

An animated UK public information film which explains what to do if you see somebody in trouble on a visit to coastal areas.