Attack on a China Mission - Bluejackets to the Rescue

Waves crash onto a jetty on the Kentish shoreline in one of Britain's earliest surviving films

Plenty of laughs to be had as these Victorian clowns attempt to run a charity race - if they can get their wigs on

Breath-taking view of waves breaking at the mouth of the Boca do Inferno.

The launch of H.M.S Albion, which was marred by the collapse of a gangway which resulted in many spectators drowning.

A drunken spouse gets his just desserts in a timeless scene

Carriages full of well-heeled guests continue in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession, filmed for RW Paul.

Kids face the closure of their Brighton playground but fight back to reclaim it, with a little help from the iconic Volks Railway

Anyone for a trip to the seaside? From Bournemouth to Margate via Brighton and Folkestone – sunny delights in abundance.

An accidental fashion parade as holiday promenaders pass before the camera on Brighton Pier

At a time when flying still had a touch of glamour, Heathrow's Queens Building could provide the perfect venue for a pleasant afternoon's plane spotting

Tony Mitchell captures a variety of events during Jubilee year - including day trips to Brighton and a bunting covered London as well as an accident at an airshow

Brighton's children are recruited for the fight against the 'demon drink' in this revealing 1913 film featuring the Temperance Movement

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.

Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.

Long thought lost, this Powell-directed promotional short for a veteran’s charity was only rediscovered in 2003.

A poignant, stirring letter from a recently deceased pilot to his mother is read by John Gielgud.

Former Bristol Poet Laureate, Miles Chambers reads a poem specially commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the NHS.