1st Volunteer Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment - Blackburn Rifle Volunteers (1900)

Crowds throng the streets for the return of Manchester's Volunteers from South Africa.

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Some nifty product placement creeps in to this formal portrait of the Lancaster Volunteers.

The might of the British Navy struts its stuff down the Manchester Ship Canal.

The Bolton Artillery Volunteers put on an impressive parade despite the snow. 

Destroyers from the Edwardian Royal Navy filmed from a ship in the Tyne.

A show of scouting skills in Blackburn, Lancashire.

A fiery and harrowing investigation into the rise of the far-right in Blackburn

Matchstick men and so much more - the work and world of Lawrence Stephen Lowry, recorder of the industrial north.

Mill workers and machines - a detailed look at the Lancashire textile industry.

An enjoyably odd public information film shot on the streets of Blackburn, Norwich and Oxford.

Dramatised account of Chinese rebels' violent confrontation with Christian missionaries, made in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion.

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.