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  • 2005
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    Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers

    Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers

    1 2005 HD

    The BFI's fascinating collection of 60 short films all made before 1911 aims to give wider access to some of the extraordinary film material held in...

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  • 1913
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    Pathé's Animated Gazette: Memorial Service to the Antarctic Heroes

    Pathé's Animated Gazette: Memorial Service to the Antarctic Heroes

    1 1913 HD

    Memorial service at St. Paul's cathedral to the Antarctic heroes. The arrival of the Lord Mayor of London and Sheriffs.

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  • 1948
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    Pop Goes the Weasel

    Pop Goes the Weasel

    1 1948 HD

    The English nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel, has had various interpretations and by giving the title to this HM-Treasury sponsored picture, the...

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  • 1960
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    Look Back

    Look Back

    1 1960 HD

    Man on the move, look back, all clear, OK, you're away - music and mantra for a time when the freedom of the road was unsullied and adventurous.

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  • 1950
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    Child Cycling Proficiency / Cyclists Turning Right

    Child Cycling Proficiency / Cyclists Turning Right

    1 1950 HD

    Cycling proficiency for children and the dangers of cyclists turning right are communicated by means of simple 2D cel animation, a necessarily cost...

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  • 1968
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    Black Five

    Black Five

    1 1968 HD

    Black Five is filmed around Carnforth station in Lancashire, a location which had been the setting for the archetypal railway romance, David...

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  • 1929
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    The Game of Haxey Hood

    The Game of Haxey Hood

    1 1929 HD

    In North Lincolnshire the villagers of Haxey and Westwoodside tussle with one another whilst pursuing the 'hood'.

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  • 1980
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    Andy Lights the Fire

    Andy Lights the Fire

    1 1980 HD

    Andy arrives home from school, and goes to light the fire in the living room. His sister, Sal, warns him against this, but Andy is adamant that if...

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  • 1961
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    A Game of Chance

    A Game of Chance

    1 1961 HD

    The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving...

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  • 2019
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    Hattie

    Hattie

    1 2019 HD

    Sixteen-year-old Hattie goes out with friends, falls in love and lives her life in London to the full. To mark her last operation at Great Ormond...

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  • 1916
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    Devonshire Hospital Buxton

    Devonshire Hospital Buxton

    1 1916 HD

    Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.

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  • 1925
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    Port of London's Aquatic Sports

    Port of London's Aquatic Sports

    1 1925 HD

    A day of fun and games in the water at London's Surrey Docks.

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  • 1941
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    The Blacksmith

    The Blacksmith

    1 1941 HD

    Time-honoured craftsmanship at Corfe, near Taunton in Somerset.

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  • 1916
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    Sightless Soldiers' Recreation

    Sightless Soldiers' Recreation

    1 1916 HD

    Blind soldiers from St. Dunstan's Hostel row on Regent's Park Lake.

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  • 1926
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    For Those in Peril on the Sea

    For Those in Peril on the Sea

    1 1926 HD

    The Dungeness lifeboat crew launched their brand new motorised lifeboat.

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  • 1924
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    Feast of Eid-ul-Fitr

    Feast of Eid-ul-Fitr

    1 1924 HD

    The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers!

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  • 1916
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    Horses' New Year's Dinner

    Horses' New Year's Dinner

    1 1916 HD

    Retired nags enjoy a well-earned New Year's feed at the Cricklewood Home of Rest for Horses.

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  • 1922
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    Lonely Lightship's Christmas

    Lonely Lightship's Christmas

    1 1922 HD

    A crew of not-so-lonely lightshipmen enjoy a festive knees-up - 40 miles out at sea.

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  • 1910
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    Animated Politics

    Animated Politics

    1 1910 HD

    Woolwich candidates face the voters in the first of 1910's two general elections.

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  • 1951
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    The First Four Years

    The First Four Years

    1 1951 HD

    An industrial epic plays out in steelmaking South Wales.

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