The hidden world of East and Southeast Asian raves in London is uncovered, presenting a community of acceptance and joy.

From Victorian voyeurism to Soho striptease: how a hidden film industry emerged to satisfy the sexual appetites of (male) viewers.

British soldiers march down a high street in their dress uniforms, to drum up volunteers for the conflict in South Africa. If you're more distracted by the busy Victorian street scene, including a ...

This fascinating film shows the final days of the first overhead electric railway in the world. Built to connect Liverpool's many docks, it became known as the Dockers' Umbrella. At the time this film ...

Blue Pullman shows one of British Railways’ 90 mph diesel-electric Pullman trains (the forerunner of today’s Inter-City 125’s) in construction and in action. It was said to be the businessman’s train ...

Their films give us stunning images of ordinary life in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain: factory workers, church congregations and schoolchildren, street scenes, tram rides, local events and ...

"Never work with animals or children," runs the old film industry saw. But British filmmakers have proven adept at both - and especially animals.

Bush’s approach to music changed when he discovered the once famous composer, Rutland Boughton who was a member of the English Communist Party. Bush composed a series of operas which he hoped would ...

A children’s film set among a fishing community in the far north of Scotland. A group of kids get stranded on an abandoned luxury yacht out at sea.

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. The free verse spoken by Donald Houston ...

"We are not amused", said Queen Victoria - or so we're told. Her subjects, though, were eager for all manner of entertainments. The first films made their homes in the fairground and the music hall, ...

Kevin Brownlow’s portrait of the last days of Glasgow’s tram system centres on the last tram to run in 1962, accentuating the mood of the final journey by contrasting shots of the event to the funky ...