Victims of a tragic air crash are honoured in a sombre military funeral procession through the streets of Hitchin.
Young scholars get busy for Newcastle-on-Tyne's 'Education Week' in the tour of Tyneside classrooms.
Hat's off to Luton for pulling out all the stops as residents celebrate its 50th anniversary of becoming a municipal borough.
Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.
The Thanet coast featuring boat rides, horses and family outings.
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
A little girl falls asleep in her high chair as her parents and their friends discuss the film The Front Page. She dreams about reporters, a cop, and an escaped convict.
A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.
Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
Mama cat is teaching her kittens to catch mice. Meanwhile, across the basement, mama mouse is teaching her little ones how to avoid cats.
The children of Peterborough run rings around comedian Tommy Handley and other dignitaries during a city sports day.
State schools in the London borough.
Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.
You're asking for trouble when you play with fire - and this public information film is the stuff of nightmares.
1944. A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements.
Large numbers of children and adults can be seen enjoying themselves, splashing about in the water or diving from the high-boards.
Illustrates the need of pets for adequate care, urges children to care for their city pets and shows by example how such care is administered.
The film's protagonists are the orphaned children taken into custody by the state and institutionalized at Children's House no. 6 from Bucharest. For Mészáros, the concern for the situation of children left orphaned during the Second World War is autobiographical: the director directly experienced the absence of parents in her own childhood.
This short film from the late 1950s looks at peer pressure among adolescents, using the example of a 13-year-old boy who collects butterflies. While the boy adores his passion, his friends laugh at him, making him question whether he should pursue his interest or conform to fit in with the crowd.
Kids help around the farm on the South Devon coast.