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

The manufacture of colored church windows is shown.

A young bride-to-be models a modish nylon nightie before a voyeuristic camera in this silent 1950s striptease film.

A short documentary charting the construction of the BBC Crystal Palace Television Tower.

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.

Short film by Gisbert Hinke

Pit sinkers prepare the coal mines of tomorrow. An account of shaft sinking techniques.

Life in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

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

An Italian working in England has to decide whether he should return home after the death of his father, or relocate his wife and child and make a home in England.

Short educational film about dialing phone numbers.

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

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.

Experimental film by Gianni Bertini.

Girls parade on the stage of the Eden theater in Bologna.

A promotional film produced by The Charter Film Group to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the granting of a Charter to Hartlepool by King John in 1201. The film documents services provided by Hartlepool Council such as housing, emergency services, transport, and leisure facilities. Footage includes material on the local industries shipbuilding, fishing and magnesium production in the Hartlepool area.

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.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary depicting the history of motor racing between 1902 and 1914.

A Royal Life: Mary of Teck, Queen & Mother

Der 10. Mai (The Tenth of May) was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries: Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Neutral Switzerland, which hadn’t experienced a war since the 14th century, hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexperienced soldiers. The panic, confusion and isolated acts of courage which occurred on that fateful day are re-created in this Swiss docudrama. The story is “personalized” by concentrating on a fugitive German soldier (Heinz Reincke) who falls in love with the Swiss girl (Linda Geiser) who shelters him. Produced on a bare-minimum budget, Der 10. Mai is impressive more for its sincerity and raw energy than for its actual cinematic merits.

The numerous animals that live at Antwerp zoo can rely on a small army of chefs and kitchen personnel to provide them with appropriate meals. Scientific tests are carried out in order to improve the animals' living conditions. Deceased animals are dissected in order to establish the cause of death. Everything is carefully recorded on index cards by the scientific personnel.

The perils of Britain's roads are seen in this chilling 1951 film as the carelessness of Johnny, Fred and Mary results in disaster and death.

Leocadio Vizcarrondo and his group perform different Christmas melodies, such as "Alegre Vengo", in La Fortaleza's patio in Old San Juan.

Documentary on the town of Cabo Rojo, proving relevant data on its foundation and the different social and economic activities in which it developed.

A documentary featuring mid-century design. Includes footage of many products, plus some architecture.

The Winning Post Hotel in the mining village of Thorne, Yorkshire holds a fancy dress ball for locals. This short provides an overview of the ball, its activities and participants as they cook sausages over a pit fire, sing and show off their fancy dress costumes. The prize for best costume – a year’s free service at a local barbers!

Directed by Thomas Stobart.

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

Magazine film for children showing Dan Maskell giving tennis tips; a model railway at Cirecester; a collection of money-boxes; and, a family which publishes its own newspaper in the form of a typed sheet distributed to friends and relations.

The land marks of the River Thames; six-year old girls special house where she entertains her friends; girl who draws animals at the zoo; learning judo.

Open air PT class at East Grinstead school; 15 yr. old demonstrates diving; local museum in Devon; London Fire Brigade display.

Film making by children in a primary school; caring for dogs; hints on running and hurdling; children's donkey race.

Schoolgirl miming in Indonesia; Godfrey Evans shows wicket keeping to boys; children in York; making bagpipes.

Whitsun, the Pentecost weekend, puts millions of Europeans on the road for a brief vacation in the spring air. The film contrasts the way West Europeans are free to choose how to spend their time with the lock-step celebration of the World Youth Congress in East Berlin. The Marshall Plan film unit produced few films of an outright anti-Communist nature, but this is one of them, a witty piece of propaganda.

Amateur sport events in Holyrood Park and a ceremony in which the Queen lights a torch for an athletic event.

Gustaf the puppet plays the piano. An amateur film

A small runaway travels from Berlin to Hamburg and is brought back by the youth authorities.

Travelogue for British audiences. Held by the Baim Collection.

The factory gate of the Leitz company twice: in 1953 and around 1915. "A factory gate study by Oskar Barnack. Revised and set to music by Paul Görnert," is how the film describes its theme in the opening credits: as in the famous film by the Lumière brothers, people stream out of the factory gate. The footage from 1953 shows Tower Block I, in front of which buses are waiting to take the workers home. The older images taken by Oskar Barnack in "Workers leaving the Leitz factory" were probably taken in 1915 in front of the gate of the old optics building.

A look into different styles of dancing and how they have changed.

Short film about the flora and fauna in the Murnau Moor.

Documentary short about coal mining in Germany.