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From birth, we are all inspected. This jolly film shows various ways everything in life is tested for various reasons.

Things go terribly wrong for four youths, ejected from a London nightclub for rowdiness, after they decide to break into a Magic shop, where they tie up and terrorize the owner. They find to their cost that he deals in more than illusions...

Following the construction of the Tay Road Bridge between Dundee and Fife, Scotland.

A two-minute computer animation of a fantastical centipede having a spot of bother with a mischievous segment.

This documentary seems to be aimed at the same audience who paid to see Mondo Cane. Scenes include the birth of 12 piglets, the removal of a dog's cornea to be transplanted into a human, and a human tooth extraction. Visits to a wax museum, a ride on a roller coaster, a beauty contest, and a discotheque are also shown.

The story of HMS Vanguard and its final journey to the shipbreakers' yard.

An insightful short of life in the BBC Newsroom. From delivery of footage to playout. Shows brief footage of The Beatles arriving at London Airport in March 1965.

Documents a visit of Queen Elizabeth to Scotland.

A revolution is taking place down on the farm - the machines are taking over, so that the modern farmer can operate his farm almost single-handed.

Inside the control tower as air traffic controllers talk down an incoming Comet aeroplane in the London fog.

A compilation film on the recent technical achievements of British Rail; made for screening in Washington on the signing of the 'Budd' contract. Material obtained from various BTF films directed and shot by others.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary comparing the demands placed upon a nurse in an urban and in a rural location.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary film demonstrating the importance of vision in learning, and showing some of the best ways of using the variety of methods that are open to the classroom instructor. Sight is the most important sense so must be captured, and must not be confused. Examples of the wrong way to work with a chalkboard and other media are shown, and then corrected with suggestions. How to use 3D props or models, and the differences in using slides and projectors, and as a summary the presenter uses an overhead projector. The film uses many exaggerated examples for comic effect. Intended for training Royal Naval instructors

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on British Railways.

Mechanical statues and other pieces by Bruce Lacey.

A model is transported to a medieval torture chamber where evil monks sentence women to be tortured and beheaded.

Experimental short directed by Jeff Keen.

Behind the scenes with the Children's Film Foundation, including the making of Lionheart.

A look at English people who have made their home in Scotland.

A glamorous couple’s night out takes a surreal turn when car trouble leads to an encounter with a mysterious woman by the river.

A BBC Television Training film that pulls back the curtain on how TV was really made in the 1960s, clipboards, call sheets, and all. It’s a fascinatingly dry yet oddly hypnotic look at the mechanics of production: script breakdowns, scheduling, budgeting, and the careful choreography between departments that kept live and recorded shows on air.

A look into the complex organisation of exhibition display, which draw hundreds of thousands of people to every show.

A BAFTA award nominated drama about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.

Brazenly experimental, the film illuminates the debilitating effect of mental illness, imaginatively but discreetly conveying the message of its sponsor (Roche) while showing real insight and sensitivity towards its subjects. Its brutally graphic opening brings mental turmoil sharply into focus.

The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very little new information.

The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound.

Life in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

A British commentary focusing on the lush life of teenagers in Brighton, Northampton and London 1960.

Part of George Moreno's 'The Merry Music Shop' series.

A musical comedy, shot on location in the Sussex village of Lurgashall, during August 1969.

How does a homing pigeon 'home'? This film takes a look at the development of the birds, from fledglings to long-distance champions.

Commencing with scenes showing the busy port of Al-Mukalā, the capital of Hadhramaut region on the southern coast of Yemen, other architectural features include: the Qu’aiti Palace, built by Sultan Omer Bin Awadah Qu’aiti, the walled high-rise city of Shibam, which rises from the edge of Wadi Hadhramaut like Manhattan skyscrapers and the dramatic minaret of the Al Midhar Mosque at Tarim. In addition to the built architecture, the film also documents sites of archaeological interest along the coastline from the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea, where a camp is established and the Tihama coastal region is examined between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Aerial film of the people and places along the coastline are also captured, with private and RAF aircraft.

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

The Ghost of Monk's Island Part Four Fight for Survival

A look at life in a submarine and the work that is carried out within.

Made to represent an entire cinema programme, Meatdaze consists of six sections that include cartoons, supporting and main features.

A visit to the Isle of Wight, with glimpses of the stunning coast, picturesque towns, and magnificent countryside.

US troupe The Living Theatre attempt to provoke responses from their audience during their performance art show at The Roundhouse, London in 1969.

A look into hairstyles, as well as wigs.

This TV production is from 1970 and the color picture is accordingly rich and beautiful. The sound however is below average for the era, but still ... twiddle the knobs, turn the bass up a little, and get acclimated. This is a fully traditional production, actually very pleasing in that regard.

The Magnificent Six-and-a-Half gang help in the collections for a youth club.

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.

David Lamelas' first film analyses the architectural, social, climatic, or sociological data that make up the exhibition's spatial environment, that of the institution and its geographical location. Beginning with the empty exhibition hall, the description is neutral and analytical. It progresses in ever larger circles, placing emphasis on all the important functional elements, from the electronic devices in the exhibition space, to the city's traffic regulation to the communication and information media and finally, to the climatic conditions of the London environment. The film concludes with six interviews regarding the big news item of the day: the future "landing" of the first men on the moon.

The story of John G Stein & Co., MANUFACTURER of INDUSTRIAL REFRACTORIES.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary exploring the life of British teachers and their families in the developing countries of the Commonwealth and the challenge and opportunities it affords.

Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.

Part of BFI collection "A Day in the Life."

A look at the duties and life of a Hunting-Clan air hostess on a flight to Rome and Benghazi.

Travelogue looking at the Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

A BBC Documentary by Anthony de Lotbiniere

Sex, death, reptiles, charisma and a unique variant of the electric blues gave the Doors an aura of profundity that has survived the band's demise. In September, 1968, The Doors gave a history making performance at The Roundhouse in London's Chalk Farm. They gave powerful renditions of their best songs. Part of the Pioneer Artist Concert Film Series.

An impression of twenty-four hours in the life of the British Broadcasting Corporation

Before she became a regular in the Carry On films, Margaret Nolan was known as Vicky (or Vicki) Kennedy and worked as a glamour model. Here she bares the lot, for the lecherous lens of George Harrison Marks.

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.

A soldier in a civil war is trapped on a roof with his commanding officer.

A look at the aerobatics of the RAF and civilian flying clubs.