Watford Street Scenes

London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade(en)

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre on the Strand, advertising its latest show 'My Girl'. The second part is a different film altogether, spliced onto the first and is R W Paul’s Turn Out of a Fire Brigade filmed in November 1896 in Newcastle at the Westgate Road fire station. The film date is 1896.

Imphal Bazaar(en)

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

The London Nobody Knows(en)

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, the film explores the hidden details of a crumbling metropolis. With James Mason as our Guide, we are led on an tour of the weird and wonderful pockets of London from abandoned music-halls to egg breaking factories.

Fishball Revolution(en)

An asylum seeker from Hong Kong builds a new life for himself in Glasgow, using his passion for street food to maintain his cultural identity.

Wake Up, Helsinki!(fi)

Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.

Look at Life: Market Place(en)

A look into London's street markets and how they're suffering to compete with supermarkets.

Patchwork Family(en)

High Performance Imports: Volume 5(en)

This time High Performance Imports visits Ebisu Circuit for the draft matsuri, tours the Veilside factory and attends some drag meetings.

Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast(en)

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

Sunshine in Soho(en)

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

Like It Is(en)

This documentary on the "youth movement" of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free love culture in the San Francisco Bay area.

An Eastern Market(en)

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

sunday market tape 1(en)

not the first sunday market, but the first tape of it

Look at Life: Shopping by the Ton(en)

A visit to Smithfield Market, Covent Garden and Billingsgate, at their busiest time, the early morning.

Cattle Market in Derry(xx)

Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.

Here is the News(en)

A day in the life of the Manchester Evening News.

Hyde Park Corner(en)

Film made at Hyde Park Corner in 1896 by an unknown filmmaker. It looks south west across Grosvenor Place. The southern wing of St George's Hospital (today the Lanesborough Hotel) can be seen on the right of the picture. The road stretching away in the centre of the picture is Grosvenor Crescent. The busy two way horsedrawn traffic movement is seen on what would today be Grosvenor Place and Apsley Way (the road layout now is different to 1896). The approximate camera position would be today on Apsley Way, just east of the Royal Artillery Memorial. Not to be confused with another Hyde Park Corner film by British Pathé made in the same year but with a different view. (That film looks north towards the triumphal arch at the corner of Hyde Park next to Apsley House.)

Superette Story(en)

A look at the sales practices employed at the LPE Superette run by John Beasley on Berwick Street market.

Petticoat Lane(xx)

Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.

Market Day in Bitola(mk)

The Manaki brothers have filmed a market.