The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. Meeting at Gay's the Word, a bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, it provided a sounding board and support for gay and black ...

If you haven’t already been diverted by the history of John Gilpin, or would like to venture that way again, you couldn’t find a better accompaniment than the drawings of Ronald Searle. The BFI ...

This charming colour cartoon of Enid Blyton’s timeless toy boy was produced as a pilot episode for an unrealised series. It is a faithful but curtailed version of Blyton’s book of the same name, first ...

Much of the appeal of this confusing but fascinating amateur film is a gloriously camp performance by its writer, Evelyn Waugh. He plays the Dean of Balliol College, Oxford, and based his performance ...

“It’s happening again”: Heinz had its first give-away of 57 Mini Minor cars in 1961, which it claimed to be the biggest promotion in the UK ever. It went on to give away 57 holidays and 57 caravans - ...

Kubrick’s epic sci-fi chronicling humanity’s progress from its primitive beginnings through to some kind of rebirth is also a fable about power, curiosity and control. Dazzling to look at, it’s ...

A wonderful short film about travelling around Britain by bicycle - with the help of the odd train. An excursion train equipped with cycle vans takes a party of cyclists and their machines from ...

Teamwork is the touchstone in this light-touch recruitment film for the still-youthful NHS, sponsored by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Health. When a seriously ill small boy ...

"It's queer, it's kinky" - the average man on the street might find lesbianism strange, but for the women interviewed in this surprisingly nuanced TV documentary, it's just an ordinary part of their ...

A taut crime thriller about the hunt for a mysterious stranger who is poisoning small children with barbiturates. A tough and compelling film, which offers a gritty reflection of life in 1960s South ...

Lancashire, Britain's industrial powerhouse gave us cotton, the Manchester Ship Canal, Blackpool illuminations, and the sublime rolling heather-purpled hills and the shimmering waters of the Lake ...

Mark Cousins’ epic documentary, executive produced by Tilda Swinton and Clara Glynn, offers a completely fresh take on film history, exploring the development of the medium exclusively through work ...