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Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold...

A teaching film about the human skeleton with animated medical illustrations as well as an actual skeleton with commentary. A man, naked to the...

Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the...

Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow.

Story of young boy and girl who help aircraft designer to outwit gang of spies trying to steal secret plans.

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera...

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in...

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.

Documentary highlighting how land has been reclaimed for agriculture in Scotland.

A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and...

A Secrets of Life short.

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine...