Francis Gysin

Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic vision of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouses and city devolution return to the agenda. Sponsored by the city council, it's very ambitious for a local government film. Under the soaring, sweeping direction of Paul Rotha, it takes in themes of industry, energy, leisure and housing, present, past and future.

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

A look at how science is keeping British industry as high-tech and innovative as anywhere else in the world.

A West Yorkshire story of rewilding wetlands in a landscape once dominated by deep coal mining.

Coal mining safety film designed to prevent accidents at collieries.

The final Mining Review, "it's laced with melancholy, yet utterly free of self-pity."-BFI

Shown in training with the recently formed Midland Canoe Club, Nottinghamshire miner Billy Churn went on to compete in the Helsinki Summer Games, along with fellow club member Tom Hezseltine.

King George V (1970) charts the history of the celebrated locomotive, which was taken out of service in 1965 but offered a length of siding at Bulmers of Hereford to continue running, in steam.