Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901)

Manchester Band of Hope Procession

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

Alfred Butterworth and Sons

A fighting couple gets interrupted by the landlady.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

Familiar objects are transformed into a candy-coated vision of war in this seminal stop-motion short by PES.

Insects are tortured in various ways amidst the sounds of screaming.

The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

This Oscar-nominated documentary short tracks the shift in the relationship of an individual to his work between the 19th century and today. Focusing on how nails are made, we first see a blacksmith laboring at his forge, shaping nails from single strands of steel rods. The scene then shifts from this peaceful setting to the roar of a 20th century nail mill, where banks of machines draw, cut, and pound the steel rods faster than the eye can follow.

A surrealistic montage set in motion by a tidal wave and incorporating a samurai battle.

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Sheffield United v Bury

Larking about during Church Lads' Brigade drill and parade in Morecambe.

Pollet provides an insight into life on the leper colony of Spinalonga, an island off Crete, through the eyes of Raimondakis, who tells the story of his life to the camera after having been excluded from his community to spend years of his life on the island with his fellow sufferers. Themes addressed include love, community, companionship and death and the importance of these values to all people whatever their state of health.

A montage of some home movies taken by Archie Stewart (1902-1998), an early enthusiast in taken 16 mm sound films of his family. We see his daughters, Mary and Anne, playing in the aftermath of a January, 1936, snowstorm. Next, indoors, the girls bring in a birthday cake and sing to Archie. He has Anne read to him from a children's book, and a year later, has her read aloud to show her progress. Anne and Mary dress up Pat the family dog in a dress and scarf and hold a tea party, chattering away. Archie's high-pitched voice provides narration on and off camera.

A love story of a couple who both reconsider the meaning of their former lives, only to come up with decision that they should marry.

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he's faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would be without them.