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Enter The Magic Circle and enjoy a spectacular show with performances from a brilliant selection of professional magicians circa 1952.

Intimate glimpses of popular British stars off duty, alongside several American stars.

In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place in the world and of their own places within that nation. Illustrative scenes of farming, science, political, and social life are juxtaposed to present a familiar and reassuring image of Britain.

Shows the improved services and other benefits that oil brings to the backward territories. The financial and technical resources of foreign lands have tapped the liquid wealth hidden below the surface of the earth. In return a new prosperity and improved standard of living is being brought to the peoples of those formerly barren lands.

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

A BAFTA Special award nominated animated documentary that's based on the animated look at the annual report of ICI as shown in "Balance 1950" from 1951.

A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

Survey of the Royal Highlights of June in Coronation year; the Coronation, the Derby, Queen's visits to Guildhall and Edinburgh. Made in 3-D.

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with those of France and all the Continent. The Lord Warden laden with an assortment of road vehicles from Dover, and the Night Ferry from Newhaven carrying passengers bound for Paris, Vienna or Rome are two of the ferries illustrated in this film; and freight is not forgotten.

Story of life on board HMS Victorious, Britain's most modern aircraft carrier. Shows various departments of the ship; jets landing on and take-offs from the flight-deck. Scenes in Gibraltar and Malta. Includes the first film credit for Michael Winner, as Associate Producer.

A look at the traditional dances of Scotland.

Documentary produced by Unilever about of the operations of its subsidiary. The United Africa Company (Timber) Limited, and associated companies,

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

Historical film covering the British Vanwall Grand Prix team behind the scenes and at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix and British Grand Prix at Aintree.

From Glasgow or Edinburgh, Scotland may be explored by train or long-distance coach, and this film includes a coach tour from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye. The route taken meets the Highlands at Killin, and then goes over Rannoch Moor and through Glencoe to Ben Nevis, the entrance to the Great Glen. Here we meet the West Highland railway line, and follow it on its journey through the Bonnie Prince Charlie country to Mallaig. Returning to the Great Glen we rejoin the coach route out through the Glen Foyne and Glen Shiel to the Kyle of Lochalsh, and take the ferry over to Skye.

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

Bridge of Time is a 1950 short film made by London Films, and directed by Geoffrey Boothby and David Eady. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.

Early Lindsay Anderson industrial film promoting Sutcliffe's conveyors. Three different uses of Sutcliffe's conveyor installations.

An array of brave 1950s water skiing girls and guys bring a bit of Hollywood glamour to the chilly waters of Loch Earn.

A documentary on the work of artist Henry Moore.

England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

Focuses on the fifty weeks of the year when Wimbledon is preparing to host the next tennis championship.

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from Liverpool St. imagines the possible destinations of his fellow passengers.

A documentary short celebrating the life of Louis Braille, his invention of the writing system named after him, and the legacy he has left behind.

A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by.

A Free Cinema short documenting a night at the Wood Green Jazz Club, observing youth culture, music, and social dynamics through an unobtrusive, non-narrated style.

The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the first of the National Parks, holidaymakers come throughout the year to enjoy a wide variety of scenery and of pastimes. Some visitors come to glide, others to go ‘caving’ or climbing, boating or fishing. The lovely surroundings vary from the windy flat tops of heath with their rocky outcrops to the lush, sheltered dales of the Manifold, the Derwent and the Dove; from the simple stone cottages of the quiet villages to the historic architecture of Ashbourne, Bakewell and Buxton, and the great houses of the past like Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.

Documentary about the production of a small town weekly newspaper from reporting to printing.

Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.

Illustrates the reconstruction and electrification of the main railway line between Manchester and Sheffield. Showing the plan for the modernisation and re-equipping of British Railways. This film was produced for televising by the BBC during the evening that the plan was debated in parliament.

Picnickers in punts, ‘bumpers’ and bubbly.

Life in the Scottish new town of Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, including a royal visit.

This spectacular 1953 documentary, released in cinemas, records the events of Elizabeth II's coronation day in glorious colour.

The story of the ship R.F.A. Tidereach on its journey from England to Norfolk Virginia, Boston and New York, featuring deliveries, the hardworking crew and great streets scenes of New York.

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl.

A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack.

Lindsay Anderson's early documentary film of a British amusement park, the irony of its manufactured fun on full display.

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moutain climber, escapes from a British POW camp in India and flees north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet. There he meets and befriends the young Dalai Lama.

Statuesque starlet Sabrina bathes in bubble bath.

The training and work of a mannequin.

A film looking at London from a dog's point of view, from the family pet to the pampered pooch.

Traffic chaos and parking pandemonium in London is nothing new around the capital.

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.

District Nurse documents the daily work of two community nurses serving a rural district in East Sussex, following their rounds across farms, villages, and isolated homes. The film records home-based medical care, patient instruction, emergency response, and maternal health services, situating nursing practice within the rhythms of rural life. Produced in the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, the film presents community healthcare as a foundational element of postwar social welfare and public service.

Experimental film about River Thames made for the Festival of Britain.

The changing face of 1950s Scotland.

A look at some of the historic buildings cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.

A brief history of paper followed by a look at the manufacturing process in a paper mill in Markinch, Scotland.

An introduction to Perthshire, Scotland.

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

Account of the royal tour of New Zealand taken by the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Includes film of various visits and ceremonies attended during the state visit.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

Overview of the 1958 British Grand Prix by Shell-Mex and BP. Wonderful 1950's colour film

A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford and in London.

Part of a six part series, this BAFTA Special award nominated documentary looking at the building of hydro-electric power schemes in the Alps of Western Europe, specifically Italy and Austria. It also features other forms of electric power in other nations in Europe including thermal power in Tuscany in Italy, brown coal-fired power stations in Germany and Great Britain and hydro-power in Sweden, Scotland and Norway. It also investigates the possibility of inter-country exchange of power.

Collaborative documentary (credited to a committee rather than to individual filmmakers) detailing the CND march from London to Aldermaston at Easter 1958.