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The passage of a typical meteorological disturbance across the British Isles is explained by means of animated diagrams and rapid motion film of...

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

A BAFTA nominated documentary investigating the development of the castle.

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

Early stages in the growth of the sea-urchin are presented in microphotography by transmitted and reflected light.

A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.

This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in...

The film opens in January, showing scenes of a frozen pond and shots of the fields. followed by young cattle, or store cattle, being turned out to...

A Secrets of Life short.

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells...

Documentary explaining how double bilateral variable area optical soundtracks are recorded onto film and played back in cinemas.

A Secrets of Life short.

Explains how television works, everything from the cameras to the tubes and signals.

The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen...

A documentary on summer farming activities.

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine...

A Secrets of Life short.

In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.

A Documentary on autumnal farming processes.

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...