Emmalou's First Year

Variations on Iserois Landscapes

October 2024 •English

Thirty-three shots based on the landscapes of the Isère region near Vienne. A work of observation on light, the dilation of Time, wind, calm and storm.

Stars of Cabaret

January 1956 •English

A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

Arrowhead

September 1970 •English

Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

The Fearless Freaks

May 2005 •English

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

Mysore Dasara

September 1933 •English

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Darjeeling

August 1937 •English

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Veteran Car Rally, Brighton

April 1964 •English

Vintage vehicles on parade in this amateur film record of the longest-running motor event in the world.

Portobello Road Market

April 1964 •English

Find bric-a-brac and trinkets galore in this vividly colourful snapshot of Portobello Road Market.

Balmoral

April 2025 •English

As historic ships vanish from British waters, a group of passionate volunteers fights to save the Balmoral—a 1949 passenger vessel moored in Bristol’s iconic harbour—battling time, bureaucracy, and financial struggles to preserve a piece of maritime history before it’s lost forever.

The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989

Invalid date •English

Documents the Cockatoo Island Dockyard occupation and industrial actions of 1989.

Journey to Planet X

April 2012 •English

Eric Swain and Troy Bernier are scientists by day and amateur filmmakers by night. Over the years these two friends have turned out many of their own amateur, sci-fi inspired movies. Journey to Planet X follows the filming of Planet X, the duo’s most ambitious endeavor to date, and sheds light on their unique brand of “movie magic.”

Titanic: Building the World's Largest Ship

April 2022 •French

The virtually untold story of the supersize steamship’s construction: how 15,000 men toiled day and night in life-threatening conditions to create a state-of-the-art floating city.

Rebuilding Titanic

June 2011 •English

Experts rebuild iconic sections of the Titanic, using shipbuilding industry methods of a hundred years ago.

Formato ridotto - Libere riscritture del cinema amatoriale

June 2013 •Italian

Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

March 1951 •English

A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

Dancers at Trivandrum Gopinath

May 1946 •English

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Calcutta, Darjeeling & Bihar

June 1947 •English

Rare amateur footage of East India.

Rajputana, Jhalawar, Bundi & Katakali Dancers

May 1940 •English

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Imphal Bazaar

May 1934 •English

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

The Real Blair Witch

April 2003 •English

A group of teenagers from Flint, Michigan filmed themselves kidnapping and terrorizing a new acquaintance, before taking her out to a woods and dumping her in a shallow grave. They then taunted their terrified and blindfolded victim asking if she had any last requests before they cut her throat. But was the kidnap real or just a game? Three days later the tape was in the hands of the police and the 5 teenager friends were in custody facing life imprisonment. This program talks to the people at the heart of this story - including two of the defendants - in an attempt to understand what really happened in the woods around Flint last year. It also screens the video of the 'abduction'. What is revealed is an extraordinary and disturbing record of a night when something went terribly, terribly wrong.