Lewis Gun Drill

Morale-boosting exploits intended to inspire war-weary citizens.

Mr Butterbun presides over a tribunal dealing with cases of men presenting excuses to avoid the First World War draft.

Who wears the trousers while the men are at war? The women of Britain, who pick up a surprisingly wide range of jobs

Growing potatoes in Green Park plus some handy uses for your old tin cans – it’s all part of the war effort on the home front.

Dramatic footage of Italian and British troops on the front line and airborne.

Guests find things that go bump in the night.

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.