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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
Arsenal May 1971
Arsenal victory parade after the team's legendary 1971 double victory.
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.
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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Southgate Newsreel
Lord Mayor of London sets the foundation stone for…
Mountview High School: The Video
The end of an era at Mountview High School…
S.E.18: Impressions of a London Suburb
Woolwich scenes: the Queen Mother's visit; football; Woolwich Arsenal;…
Taken from East Lane Bridge
A film of traffic shot from East Lane Bridge…
Croydon in the 1970s, Part 1
A walk around Croydon featuring local businesses, residential streets,…
Belmont School, Harrow Weald
Amateur film recording pupils of Belmont School in Harrow…
Queen Mother's Visit to Latymer School 1966 (Original)
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visits Latymer School to…
VE Day Street Party in Ridsdale Road, Anerley…
A VE Day street celebration documenting a joyful day…
Northumberland Heath Secondary Boys School: 21 Years
Northumberland Heath Secondary Boys School: 21 Years
Greek Dances, Staff Matches, 1940 Forestry Rhyader, 1950…
A collection of different scenes featuring students undertaking a…
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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…
Topical Budget: ‘Johnnie’s’ Welcome Home, Croydon (1930)
Incredible scenes as an estimated one million people descend on…
Joan Littlewood Pleasure Roll 54 - underground station, people
Going underground.
Take a trip on the tube in 1963 with…
Steam Engines and Station
Rare film record of the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light…
Seatbelt Sense
Road safety film promoting the wearing of seat belts in…
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.
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
Imperial War Museum
IWM has managed a Film Archive from its very beginnings as an institution, and the film collection now covers all aspects of conflicts in which British, Commonwealth or former Empire countries have been involved since the start of the twentieth century. Our constantly growing collection now extends to over 23,000 hours of moving images, representing a wide and diverse range of material from public and service information films, documentaries and unedited combat film, through to official newsreels and amateur film.