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Beauty in the Borough
An amateur film of floral colour in Haringey.
Southgate Celebrates the Coronation
Newsreel footage of celebrations in Southgate for the 1953 Coronation
Local views of Friern Barnet
Local footage from the Friern Barnet area
What Future for Haringey?
A municipal film considering Haringey's future.
The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green
The history of Wood Green. Development from tiny hamlet to…
About Hampstead
A film celebrating the surrounds of Hampstead.
Southgate Newsreel
Lord Mayor of London sets the foundation stone for a…
Bazaar Nov'64/Edmonton Dec'64 onwards
Christmas scenes and Street scenes of Edmonton.
Change in Friern Barnet
Local 2 local footage around Friern Barnet
Hampstead Old & New
Amateur film featuring some of Hampstead's buildings and notable locations.
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Highlights
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Belmont Boys School Activities 1959
Footage of sports and gardening.
Topical Budget: £100,000 Damage! 1,500 Out-Of-Work!, Chiswick (1928)
40 fire engines unsuccessfully battle a raging fire that…
Hounslow Hospital: What It Means To You
A wartime film showing the work of Hounslow Hospital…
Croydon in the 1970s, Part 1
A walk around Croydon featuring local businesses, residential streets,…
Irish In Brent
Fabulous documentary on the immigration of Irish people to…
Queen Mary's Hospital School
A film made at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children…
Queen Mother's Visit to Latymer School 1966 (Original)
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visits Latymer School to…
North London Street Party - Reclaim the Streets…
An amateur film that captures the chaos and crowds…
Topical Budget: London’s Choice, Hayes Common (1929)
Nice footage of the May Queen festival at Hayes…
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Themes
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Topical Budget: One Way Of Solving The Traffic Problem (1924)
Walking, crammed on to trucks or gleefully riding bikes, commuters…
Piccadilly Circus Time-lapse
A time-lapse film of the Piccadilly Circus roundabout.
Topical Budget: ‘Johnnie’s’ Welcome Home, Croydon (1930)
Incredible scenes as an estimated one million people descend on…
The Tale of Elsie Bossing
An animated road safety film.
Heathrow Airport
Amateur film of construction work at Heathrow Airport.
Grand Union Canal Summer Outing 1966
Trip on the Grand Union Canal from Brentford to Rickmansworth.…
Old Lorries 1979 and Old LTOB Run Cars
Film opens with a car.
The Balloon
A road safety film for children promoting the green cross…
What is Traffic?
Road safety film aimed at primary schoolchildren.
Erith Road Safety
Road safety demonstrations for local school children in Erith. Street…
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Highlighted collection
London Film School
The archive consists of films and production materials from the mid-Sixties onwards, many showing the reflections and experiences of overseas students from all over the world, who studied here over the decades, capturing the zeitgeist with their reactions to social and political change.





