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A compilation of episodes from the TV series "The Vise" – "Set a Murderer" and "Yellow Robe".

A film by Guy Busnel

Once upon a time there was a goat mother who imprinted her seven little goats on her mind not to open the door for anyone until she was there. But as soon as she had left the house, the evil wolf came and tried to move the seven with cunning and treachery to open the door.

Documentary about a city near the West German border to East Germany.

A film about the painter Ludwig Richter

A brief feature on the short SA-4 aircraft on the ground and in the air.

Behold the Man is the film of the Westminster Passion play produced each Easter by Catholic youth organizations with an amateur and anonymous cast. For the first time in Great Britain the censor has permitted the portrayal of Jesus on the screen, to be seen but not heard, the entire film being mimed to narrative.

How "Milady Chocolates" are made at Birrell's factory, Glasgow.

Amateur film promoting Portrush in Northern Ireland as a holiday destination.

Wembley Stadium, London. Warrington beat Widnes 19-0 in Rugby League Cup Final.

A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival.

Short educational film about dialing phone numbers.

A weekend in the mountains.

Rowing on the estuary, driving onto the beach for a quick dash into the waves and making friends with the local felines - this wonderful record of a family seaside holiday in Borth-y-Gest, near Porthmadog on the edge of Snowdonia, has it all. Shot by prolific amateur filmmaker Harold Street, the abrupt ending and the placement of an end title card in the middle suggests this isn't his finished version - but the film nonetheless shows off a cinematic eye for framing and a sophisticated sense of narrative.

A 200-ton transformer is moved by road from Hayes, Middlesex, to Iver, Bucks. Behind the story of the journey there is another tale: the problems which had to be solved before the task could be undertaken. This background story is told by the voices of those responsible for the various aspects of the operation, until the transformer is placed within a 'bee's wing' of its intended position.

Children's' serial in 10 episodes. The adventures of three London children with a gang of crooks.

The first in a series of films for the Rural Cinema Scheme in the Orkneys, it records the return to the island of Wyre of Neil Flaws, a farmer, and his family at a time when the drift from the northern isles of the Orkneys was of concern to some Orcadians.

Miniature railways, out-of-the-way single track lines and some of the great loco motives in use in Switzerland and Norway.

The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

Short documentary of 1956

Documentary about ways to defeat stress.

Come over the sea to Skye in 1959, with its majestic mist-covered mountains, lush valleys and snug white-washed croft houses, in this award winning amateur film from Iain Dunnachie. See bustling Portree’s colourful 1950s cars, buses and fashions, and feel for the hardworking crofter in his backbreaking daily routine with peat to cut, haystacks to build, cows and toddlers to care for. Poetry and landscape combine in this moving and memorable film showing a lost way of life.

Two boys are sent to reform school under the guidance of Father Fernando, a young and dedicated priest.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Short French documentary on volcanos.

On the ebb and flow of the tide on a seashore.

A short film profiling the area of Sutherland in northern Scotland.

Repairing a break in the Atlantic cable system.

Educational short film

Documentary about German city Oberhausen.

An argument for nationalisation under the 1948 Transport Act, not just of railways but of roads and waterways as well.

An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.

Short film documenting children's street games and songs in 1950s Edinburgh.

Set during World War I, Enrico Toti takes up a job on a railway. One day he rescues a kid and needs his leg to be amputated. He leaves his girl, Nina, and in 1915 when the war begins, he is enlisted but wants to be in the front as a postman. When he comes back from the war there will be a surprise in store for him.

Amateur film of scenes in South Africa. Opens on a house (residency), then landscape views from a train, city buildings and streets (possibly Durban), agricultural workers with oxen ploughing a field, group riding on a donkey cart, sunset, views of the Union Buildings at Pretoria, industrial scenes, desert landscapes, coastal scenes, ends on birds flying over the sea.

The three portrait sketches of the title are called 'Claudia', 'Fernando Birri' and 'Saulat Rahman'. Presumably made when Margaret Tait was a student at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematographia, Rome.

An appeal on behalf of the NSPCC.

The story of a toy wooden boat as it journeys down the Water of Leith from source to the docks at Leith. Various riverside activities and locations en route are highlighted, such as shepherding, mills, weaving, rugby at Murrayfield, Dean Village, the artist Henry Raeburn Dobson and Leith Docks.

Three community projects in Naguabo, Fajardo, and Río Grande.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Presents the activities of a young woman on a holiday.

Documentary about the picturesque Thames-side village of Bray, where Hammer's famous studio was situated in the 50s and 60s.

Three models from Manchester enjoy a weekend in the Cheshire countryside.

In this examination of the present state of unemployment in Britain, Aidan Crawley makes a tour which begins in Cornwall and ends in Dundee. On the way he visits South Wales, Merseyside, and East Lancashire and talks to economists, union leaders, and industrialists as well as men and women who are unemployed.

Explains how to drive a diesel multiple-unit train.