Look at Life: Fire over London

Vertical Expectations

Vertical Expectations is a documentary that explores the nexus between architecture, development and society through an ethnographic analysis of the c

2011

The Mechanical Genius of Big Ben: Blowing Up History

Learn how the amazing big ben operates

2017

Last Whites of the East End

Documentary exploring the effect of mass immigration on the dwindling white community of the East End, from the perspective of those who remain and th

2016

Arctic London

During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.

1929

Return of the Black Death

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

2014

Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth

Was the legendary playwright William Shakespeare really the author of his acclaimed plays? Or was he just a straw man working for a secret society? No

2013

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

An account of the short life of genius musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-70), probably the most talented and influential guitarist of the twentieth century:

2013

See Me: A Walk Through London's Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020

This film weaves across sound, image, time, rhythm and place and is made up of a number of layers both sound and visual layered on top of one another,

2022

Olympic Games

During the recent Olympic games, held in the city of Loudon. Pathe was granted sole rights to take pictures for the cinematograph of the national game

1908

The London Nobody Knows

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

1968

London's Burning

2016

Look at Life: Goodbye, Piccadilly

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

1967

Pirate Mentality

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

2016

A&C to S

As the modernisation of London Underground continues, long serving A-Stock and C-Stock trains have been withdrawn from service, and their differing ch

2014

In Ur Eye

A short documentary on the gentrification of Hackney.

2014

The Pedway: Elevating London

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

2013

Dance for All

2007

Children on Camera - A Primer about Movies

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

1969

Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris

This ABC documentary special provides a detailed look into the disastrous fire that ravaged Paris' revered Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019. Firsthand acc

2020

The World of the Seekers

While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group The Seekers recall in flashback the origins of the

1968