Ropner & Co., Shipbuilders, Stockton on Tees (1900)

Barnstaple's experimental concrete-hulled ship gets a visit from a jolly Italian admiral.

HMS Thunderer is launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury's wife, in a ceremony attended by thousands of dignitaries and most of East London.

Paul Rotha’s brilliant film of the building and launch of SS Orion from the shipyards of Barrow-in-Furness.

The finish of the final race at Stockton race track

Hawaii it is not, but the weather does not put these competitors off taking part in this Teesside river carnival.

A charming portrait of school boys from Stockton on Tees in the first age of austerity.

Beautiful documentary record of the royal visit to Teesside in 1956, shot in gorgeous Kodachrome.

A grand parade of locomotives to celebrate 100 years of railways and the world’s first passenger trains

Portrait of an innovative housing renewal scheme in Stockton-on-Tees - on which rests the future of many an urban slum.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.