The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle 1947
Henry demonstrates his two-wheel tomfoolery, but there's no happy ending for this bike.
Henry demonstrates his two-wheel tomfoolery, but there's no happy ending for this bike.
World War II propaganda film that shows the war-time agricultural work of women from the Women's Institute.
Road safety film, made for children in the late 1940's, using the fictional town of Puddle-Muddle as an example of the correct traffic and pedestrian rules.
Encouraging tens of thousands of people to strip to the waist and have their photo taken isn't easy. But the chest x-ray screening programme was a key part of the fight against tuberculosis, the cause of over 20,000 deaths in 1943. This film shows factory worker Mary overcoming her initial qualms, and ultimately sending a signed copy of her topless skeleton photo to her boyfriend.