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We're off! Olympic training on the streets of Mansfield as local boy John Whetton prepares for the 1968 Mexico City games.

A look into the world of stock exchanges and how a deal is accomplished between a broker and a jobber.

A look into the many aspects of angling.

A promotional film to highlight the different types of Co-op retail outlets, including their self service shops and mobile shopping vans. The film also looks at Co-op factories and their products.

Short film following the processes of transcription and printing of a current book in braille by the Scottish Braille Press.

An educational film profiling the work of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. Concerned principally to show this Catalan artist as a great pioneer of modern architecture. Records the most important buildings, showing the relationship between artistic tradition and craftsmanship, and his intense religious devotion.

After the Second World War and following Indian independence, the British government envisaged the gradual and ordered replacement of the Empire. The Empire would be replaced by a Commonwealth of Nations tied together by language, shared history and economic interdependence. Colonial administrators would hand over the reins to moderate local pro-British leaders. In practice, the road to independence was much quicker and rockier than had been initially planned by British officials and politicians. Indian independence created a momentum of its own. Nationalist feeling was raised in colonies. This handed the advantage to more radical nationalist leaders who favoured rapid independence and less deference to colonial the rulers. The costs of suppressing uprisings and insurgencies in Kenya and Malaya concentrated minds in the British government, as did continuous US pressure against British imperialism and the blow to imperial pride of the failure of the Suez expedition.

A focus on all the things you can do, if you are really determined, to take off those extra ounces and keep them at bay. Unveiling that there is more to the slimming business than meets the eye.

The worlds of the painter Le Douanier Rousseau and the poet Arthur Rimbaud form a basis for exploration of their works.

A short film about the various evening classes that run within the Sincil Evening Institute. Includes a look at the classes for dressmaking woodwork painting and more.

A Road safety film on the perils of crossing the road if you don't have a magic dog.

A day in a park, from the gates opening to their closure at dusk.

Hammer-inspired film made entirely using British Sign Language.

The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the banks of the river Oshun. This river itself is one of the most important river deities of the Yoruba whose cults spread even as far as Brazil. Aduni Susanne Wenger, a chief priestess of the Obatala cult, is shown rebuilding the once neglected Oshun shrine, with her fellow artists, Adebisi Akanji, OyeWale and Lani. The Beiers show how art based on traditional pagan religion forms the foundation of the modern movement.

Early experimentations with film by a materialist sculptor and future structural filmmaker.

Not sure the deerstalker helmet and (beige!) corduroy jacket are suitable for scooter or motorcycle riding. Still, they look the tops and very, very groovy.

Black Five is filmed around Carnforth station in Lancashire, a location which had been the setting for the archetypal railway romance, David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945) over 20 years earlier.

Part three in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single project in terms of quantity of footage that was shot. These reports examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only available for showing to suitable audiences. This particular film describes how formidable problems are overcome in the construction of the new line.

Part of BFI collection "Your Children and You."

America comes to Brighton as three beatniks hang out, listen to records and smoke before strange hats appear out of nowhere and a cartoon bubble suggests they go to the cinema.

Adventure serial about a school girl's search for lost jewels on a small Sicilian island.

Awesome, Beguiling and Creative: a simple but stunningly imaginative English alphabet drawn by a stalwart member of Cardiff’s cine club.

A look at the deadly cargo of the Vulcan Bomber and how it is a crucial part of Britain's force to deter attacks on the country.

A group of boys accidentally become embroiled in a bungled art theft, in this fast-paced fictional adventure film. Two stolen oil paintings are thrown from a moving train, and the film follows the ensuing chase for their recovery, involving diving, secret passageways, caves and morse code.

A model of a proposed terminal which will serve a Channel Tunnel demonstrates the facilities it will offer and show the possibilities of a dry land crossing between England and France.

Dorothy Hyman, sprinter and miner's daughter from Barnsley, returns from the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome with two medals: silver in the 200m and bronze in the 300m. In her day job, she works as a tracer for the National Coal Board at the Area Headquarters at Ardsley Hall. After the excitement and romance of her Olympian adventures, she loyally declares that "it'll be a nice change to get back to work".

A donkey saves the day.

An unsettling, experimental documentary film combining scenes from around Glasgow with sudden noise and silence, and discordant, distorted sounds and voices.

Safeguarding Water Supplies

Women's influence on the retail trade.

A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.

A documentary looking at the events on offer at the Royal Highland Show in Ingliston, Scotland.

Joyous scenes in Redruth, Cornwall at the wedding of a Nigerian couple in 1964 - who incorporate both British and traditional attire into the day's festivities.

First transmitted in 1969, this film looks at a handful of the 280,000 railwaymen who work in Britain, especially the men who worked on the former Midland and Great Central routes, as they reflect on their changing industry. Inside Sheffield Railway Men's Club former steam locomotive crew discuss the transition from steam to electric and diesel engines, and heatedly debate their respective merits. Meanwhile, on the Manchester-Sheffield line a former steam locomotive driver remembers what it was like to go through the Woodhead Tunnel, where driver and fireman had to crouch down to avoid the fumes and get breathable air. Signalman Michael Gatonby reveals life inside the signal box, one of the loneliest and busiest jobs on the railway line.

A BAFTA award winning documentary demonstrating what energy is, revealing the relationship between the various forms of energy and matter.

A BAFTA award nominated BBC feature following American evangelist Billy Graham on his Greater London crusade, centred on Earl's Court in June 1966

Part two in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single project in terms of quantity of footage that was shot. These reports examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only available for showing to suitable audiences. This particular film explains modern techniques of tunnelling and shows tunnels being dug.

Starting with a ballad all about improvements being made to retired miner’s homes in Durham, and moving on to a pub where the landlord collects mining relics, this plays more like a mini anthology rather than a coherent all in one short.

Film about water used for domestic purposes in Edinburgh.

An abstract light show film made by The Sensual Laboratory

Training film featuring champion divers of the time, demonstrating diving technique at facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Divers probably include Bruce Harlan, David Browning, S. Earl Clark, Joaquin Capilla, Miller Anderson, Don Harper, Hobie Billingsley and Al Patnik. Includes shots in slow motion.

Dick Graham for Anglia TV asks District Councillors in Mildenhall why it is considered a problem to house migrants in new council housing. The Councillors hold the opinion that cultural differences among residents may be a barrier to successful social integration.

A stalwart of Cardiff Amateur Cine Society tries his hand at the sort of cut-out craziness Terry Gilliam created for Monty Python.

A look at holiday camps in the UK and abroad.

A look at English folk dancing, including the Hobby Horse Dance and the Furry Dance.

A look at the manufacture and use of bicycles in Britain.

A look at Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps, where violin making has been a traditional craft for 300 years.

A look at the Royal Air Force acrobatic team, which performs extraordinary manoeuvres in jets that are able to reach speeds of more than 700mph.

A look at the music of bells, from small hand bells to the great bell of Westminster.

An insight into the interesting jobs police dogs do, and how they are trained.

Fanny and Johnnie Cradock demonstrate their cookery tips for a young wife.

Pelican Crossing public information

A look at garden centres, which are springing up all over the country to cater for gardeners.

Tells the short history of the Transport Ferry Service and shows how a large piece of equipment is delivered in time for an exhibition in Milan.

Three children and a pony catch a thief.

Three children build a bridge to an island to save their pet animals from an angry neighbour.

An attractive woman drugs, kidnaps and tortures a man. The man manages to break free and attacks her.

Espionage and intrigue are the ingredients of this award-winning amateur film shot on the North-East coast of Scotland. An atomic reactor runs out of control and blows up. Accident or sabotage? A group of schoolboys set out to solve the mystery.

The authorities in this country, both central and local, have failed absolutely to solve the housing situation. The situation still gets worse... the time is ripe for ordinary people themselves to take action against the authorities.