This fascinating record of Edwardian Nottingham was filmed from the driver's platform of a tram on a single journey through the city centre between its two main stations. The sequence follows the same route as today's Nottingham Express Transit tramway, taking the viewer along Listergate and Wheelergate into Old Market Square before turning right into Long Row and on into Queen Street.
The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium.
The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.
A celebration of one of Britain's great civic squares. A ceaseless flow of buses and people crisscross the beating heart of the city.
Preston triumph at Deepdale in an Edwardian contest between two of England's oldest football teams.
FA Cup Semi-Final: Huddersfield Town v Notts County at Turf Moor. This newsreel item on the Turf Moor FA Cup Semi-Final 25 March 1922 captures the first half action from the goal defended by Huddersfield Town. Unfortunately for Huddersfield fans, the short film only covers Notts County's first half goal, and some excellent defending by the Huddersfield team. Huddersfield Town won the match 3-1, and would face Preston North End in the Cup Final on 29 April.
A quick-fire round up of the FA Cup second round: West Brom v Corinthians, Crystal Palace v Notts County, and West Ham v Leeds. The cameraman manages to capture four of the five unanswered goals scored by West Brom against amateur side Corinthians at the Hawthorns. Meanwhile, the match between Notts County (in white shirts) and Crystal Palace may not boast any goals, but the aggressive play was enough to rile the crowd. At Upton Park, George Kay scores the goal which would help West Ham to draw against Leeds. It took three replays between Palace and Notts County to settle it, with Palace finally winning 2-1. In the replay between West Ham and Leeds, Leeds won 1-0.
(March 1955) Notts County v York City - FA Cup quarter-final. This was Notts County's record home attendance (47,310) which still stands today.
(1953) The 60th meeting between Nottingham Forest and Notts County draws a massive crowd to the City Ground. Amidst high tension and close play, both sides fight for local bragging rights in this historic derby match.
A documentary about Notts County supporters and their fanzine The Pie. The film was made in 1990 as a student project by director Janine Kavanagh, who was a Notts County fan and a student at The Polytechnic of Central London. Much of the filming took place on an away trip to Wigan on 28 April 1990 - the match ended up as a 1-1 draw.
(4 Dec 1947) In the first round of the FA Cup Tommy Lawton captains Notts County against the amateurs of Horsham.
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Dogma №36. After their artistic director suddenly dies, a group of actors hold a vigil backstage. As the night progresses, this gets completely out of hand. Completely improvised film by the actors, shot in three hours with 13 film cameras at the Arts Theater in Nottingham.
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.
Three over-looked and under-laid young women, a box of matches, and some sage. Can the cult leader rid the coven of their sins before it's too late?
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.
When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of his life and the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. Can Tony change his life – and the lives of the people he loves – for the better, or will he just make things worse?