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After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that ...

In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assistance by Kabak (who has just arrived ...

A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London and set-up home in the ...

An documentarian from the BBC visits the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). This documentary shouldn't be viewed as a making of the film, but rather a goof-off session that ...

Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the Queen's private estate, the Holy ...

A campaign film supporting the dockers’ fight against redundancy, lay-offs and wage cuts caused by containerisation. The film charts the struggle against ruthless rationalisation, ...

Intended for European audiences to encourage them to drive to Britain for their holidays. Shows the travel facilities offered by Sealink, and suggests some of Britain's tourist attractions.

British Rail's wagon control system and how it works, concentrating on the information most useful to the specific wagon operating staff.

In the 70s, Barsham Faire on August Bank Holiday became a tradition for many to celebrate things 'medieval' and raise funds for local arts events. It put Barsham on the map.

Amateur film about a young man who joins the Edinburgh Cine Society to improve his film-making skills, which he achieves with prizewinning success.

Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife ...

A mad doctor (Paul Kirby) has created a woman (Clyda Rosen) from the body parts of various dolly birds, hence 'Dolly Mixture'. Upon being brought to life, she immediately embarks on a ...

The Sakuddei are a small and ethnically separate community living on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Their distinctive way of life and elaborate ...

Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera concerning a 'breach of promise of marriage', staged for Granada Television. The Ambrosian Opera Chorus & English Chamber Orchestra.

Highland boat-building, showing intermediate processes of clinker- and carvel built boats, as well as those involved in ferroconcrete and steel construction of boats. Footage of ...

A lighthouse keeper's daughter, lives her opportunist marital life, until her past lover appears in her life.

Comedy about bourgeois marriage dream as perpetuated by the media, and the result when a husband and wife change roles.

A 1974 documentary in which comedian Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics including Alexander Stuart Wortley who lives in a box on wheels, a cowboy vicar and the artist/filmmaker ...

Harry and Emily are two of the livelier residents of a London old people's home. When they decide to get married, things prove less simple.

A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made contact printer. It was rolled back ...

Professor Popper develops a shrinking formula which he and a group of school kids take by accident, ending up trapped in his laboratory. But that's not the only problem that faces the ...

Chris & Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the ...

A woman dances and mimes, her stark white image moves across a red floor, reflected in a fractured wall of mirrors. As she performs, her mirror image gradually assumes an autonomous ...