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Documentary on Puerto Rican pianist Elisa Tavárez.

An introduction to the sport of flying model aircraft. Made with assistance of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.

The short documentary film by Fritz Illing was awarded with the German Film Prize in 1960 and shows an Andalusian pilgrimage.

Spain gardens documentary

One man demonstrates the wrong way of doing domestic chores. With Mr. Pastry.

8mm short by Carlo Fuzzi.

Amateur film from 1955 showing the people, landscapes and architecture of numerous islands in the Caribbean by Everild Helweg-Larsen, F.R.G.S.

1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 (Experimental BBC London Local Tests). Final showing: 7th November 1968.

Animated short.

Thornton Heath shop of mechanical figures; trip up the Clyde; make and mend class at boys' school; Canadian Square Dance.

The daily routine in the small village of Großdingharting near Munich.

A documentary about the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition.

Analysis of visitors and sellers at the Sunday Altona fish market in Hamburg.

"From the top of a bus London is spread out for all to see"... A single subject Cinegazette, covering London's landmarks, areas, activities and personalities.

A look at going to the races at on Derby Day at Epsom Downs.

28 minute long short film by Enrico Cocozza from 1950.

A busy Saturday in Kidderminster: shoppers crowd the pavements, a policeman directs traffic. Suddenly the alert is sounded and the full force of the Cold War descends.

Short film on Donosti (Basque country)

A very unusual portrayal of a "sound" from the time it escapes from a singer's gaping mouth to the time it is captured on a film strip.

Margherita Gardens. Experimental shots from the swing ride.

The manufacturing process of an armchair is illustrated.

A film about model aircraft construction.

The Talyllyn Railway was opened in 1866 to transport slate from Bryneglwys Quarry in the Gwernol Valley to Abergynolgwyn and thence to Towyn. It was also licensed to carry passengers but it didn’t reach its centenary, closing in 1950. Here P B Whitehouse, friend of disused railways, celebrates the line’s successful continuance – from 1951 - under the auspices of the world’s first railway preservation society of which he was a founder member.

Amateur footage of activities and events at Raigmore Hospital near Inverness in the immediate post-war years, including shots of staff and patients, and a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to present medals.

Documentary short about coal mining in Germany.

A German Film Award commended documentary.

Many English country houses are now open to the public at various times. This film shows a few which lie near London. South of the Thames, there are Polesden Lacey, Knole of the Sackvilles, and Penshurst Place. Parts of St. John's Jerusalem, near Dartford, date back to the Crusades. North of the Thames, beyond High Wycombe, is West Wycombe Park, and to the east, in Hertfordshire, Hatfield House is only a few minutes from the Great North Road.

This film is shown to all recruits to London Transport's railway departments and teaches common-sense practices to be followed when working on London Transport electrifed track, or in depots. London Transport's 'four-rail' permanent way is explained in detail, and it is shown that both negative and positive current rails are dangerous. Correct behaviour when working or walking on or near the track is shown, and examples are given of methods of handling and disposing of tools.

An impression of the Federseemor near Bad Buchau and its wildlife.

A look at how Scotland's water is being used to bring power to the Highlands.

Dyke Richens and his partner design and make lifelike masks and animal costumes for the theatre.

A film about a mysterious new boy who, in the course of a single day, rids his school of its bullying, gambling, laboratory explosions and abysmal cricketing record - then disappears.

Wintry snowfall in a factory yard contrasts with the furnaces burning within. This film follows the eye of the firm's accountant as he traces waste and excess about the works. The concerns for fuel efficiency and reducing pollution are all about economy, even when the narration talks of coal heating up the atmosphere. Among the wastrels are the workers, who are shooed away from a warming stove.

Short film about the diocese of Sankt Florian near Linz, Austria.

A short film about the new generation.

An anthology of the films by Marcella Pedone, made in the fifties with an almost pioneering spirit and in conditions of absolute independence, not to to say of autarchy, from an unusual figure of photographer and filmmaker, they contemplate a vastness of interests and ways of representation.

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the signing of the Bardo Treaty, this propaganda film celebrates France's modernizing action in Tunisia.

A short documentary feature demonstrating the Blackburn Beverley aircraft on the ground and in flight.

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.

Black and white film featuring Mish Mish Effendi, commissioned by the Royal Automobile Club against the misuse of horns.

Documentary depicting the funeral of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón in 1952.