Look at Life: Down London River

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights,...

1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.

Shown as part of the BBC's Modern Times series. Think of England shows Parr talking to the many people he encountered in the summer of 1999. He innoce...

After a great year for grime, MC Frisco and Risky Roadz go back to its pirate radio roots. - How Pirates Made Grime. Taking grime back from global phe...

In April 2019, Extinction Rebellion blocks strategic traffic points in London for days, leading to the arrest of hundreds of nonviolent protesters. Re...

As the modernisation of London Underground continues, long serving A-Stock and C-Stock trains have been withdrawn from service, and their differing ch...

This documentary in the Look At Life series – made by the Rank Organisation for screening in Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – was released in 1967 and anti...

A beautifully evocative three-mile glide along the Thames from bustling docks to bohemian Chelsea.

The black death had devastating effects in centuries past, but what actually caused it and how many lives did it take? The world has not seen a diseas...

Minimalist movie making at its best: kids learn the art of film language using illustrations and margarine boxes.

A documentary on the post-war redevelopment in the City of London — focusing on the attempt to build an ambitious network of elevated walkways through...

Edward Barton-Wright was one of the first Europeans to study Ju-Jitsu in Japan. Back in London, he founded a club where he taught the upscale society...

At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe...