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A German Film Award silver medal Peruvian travelogue.

A short documentary on the German impressionist sculptor.

A short amateur comedy film about a car breakdown in the countryside and an ensuing romance.

A British Transport Film.

Sir Brian Robertson addresses the staff of British rail on the subject of the rationalisation and modernisation of the railways as set out in a new paper outlining the changes to take place in the period 1959-1963.

A look at the work of the Forestry Commission in Scotland.

General views of Edinburgh Royal Mile and Princes Street.

A Golden Bear winning short documentary feature.

Filming of the exhibition celebrating the history of the Italian Communist Party held in Bologna, thirty years after its foundation: an epic that seems to belong to another history, but it is ours.

The complete chronicle of daily life in a restaurant, from early morning to late evening, telling and showing the "backstage" - not visible to customers - and how this place is experienced and populated by patrons at different times of the day.

Inspired by the surrealists, this short movie is made of found film reels bought from flea markets.

Inspired by the surrealists, this short movie is made of found film reels bought from flea markets.

Short documentary about a small circus.

A film by Guy Busnel

Story of a little boy who finds a saxophone

Documentary about the Wartburg castle in the German state of Thuringia.

1950's road safety short film.

Abstract short based on painting techniques.

Documentary on Puerto Rican pianist Elisa Tavárez.

Short experimental film from Spanish-Parisian art collective Equipo 57. Bright abstract paintings fill the screen, the illusion of motion or character subverted by an unusual lurching rhythm uncharacteristic of animated film.

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

This short also features miners, but this time in Warwickshire. The publican, aware of how TV is drawing his customers away, tries to lure them back by inviting a local film enthusiast to set up his projector every week to show early film classics. Apparently it worked, somewhat surprisingly.

A Saturday matinee cine-magazine for the boys and girls' cinema clubs. Sections include, Children of the Black Forest, What's Wrong?, Toy Museum, and The Ringers.

Magazine. Child divers; model makers; sights of the Solent.

Magazine short.

The Circuit de Montagne d' Auvergne, near Clermont Ferrand is Europe's newest racing circuit and one of its finest. In 1959, it was the scene of the French Grand Prix, first motor-cycle world championship event of the year.

The 1955 Ulster Motorcycle Grand Prix. Footage of the preparations being made before the race. GV's from around the track and images of John Lomus winning and receiving a rosette from the officials.

Jonny, a circus boy, is accompanied by the camera while he fulfills the assignment for his mother to buy 5 eggs.

A short film explaining the phenomenon of ten-pin bowling, from a brief explanation of its origins to the professional players performing tricks with the bowling ball.

An insight into the work and life of Robert Koch.

In a single year, for stores, materials and fuel British Railways must spend one hundred and thirty million pounds. The purchasing, warehousing and distribution of stores on a gigantic scale, the manufacture of some items, the repair of others, the recovery of salvage and the sale of unwanted residues - this is the work of the railway stores department, whose task it is to provide whatever is needed both for maintenance work and for building programmes, and to provide it at the right time, wherever it may be wanted throughout the railway system.

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools.

Opening the film is a highly visible Soviet coat of arms with translations of Marx’s call “Workers of the world, unite!” into several languages. In the middle of a media circus, representatives of the Soviet Union restituted art treasures to the GDR. The highlight was the return of “evacuated” objects to the Green Vault in Dresden.

Documentary short

Highlights from the 1950 Grand Prix d'Europe at Silverstone which was attended by HM King George V. This was the first ever Formula One World Championship race.