Workers Leaving T & W Lees of Stockport (1901)

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

Girls gut herring on the quay at North Shields while a Showman tries to stir up trouble.

A black miner makes an intriguing addition to an already captivating film of coal workers up from their pit.

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.

A cheerful, largely female crowd makes their way home from work.

Exuberant scenes of engineers and machinists at the famous Cornwall works near Birmingham.

Take to the skies or take to the water: a variety of popular North West events from 1934.

How Stockport got ahead in hatting - the story of the rise and fall of a North West industry.

From furry buns to natty titfers: workers at Jackson's in Stockport demonstrate traditional skills of hat making.

Now don't laugh! A dog show is a serious matter for these young owners and their pets.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

Spinners and weavers jostle through the exit of one of Stockport’s largest textile mills.

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.