digital:works

Documentary charting the experiences of projectionists who work or worked in cinemas in London, exploring the skills and dedication required for this unique role, set against changes in technology, society, and entertainment.

Oral history project exploring the history of London's holiday campers. From the 1930s to the 1980s London’s workers increasingly visited holiday camps such as Pontins and Butlins, or run by trade unions and other social groups. It became a tradition for generations of families - a highlight of the year for all ages.

Golborne, West London, bordered by Ladbroke Grove, The Westway and the Grand Union Canal. An area that from the 1950s saw a unique struggle against poverty, greedy landlords, racism and political neglect to a musical backdrop of reggae, punk and carnival.

This film is an oral history of the people who worked in the three main Thames side breweries in West London. These breweries were major employers - their smoke and smells dominating this part of London for hundreds of years.

An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the heyday, decline, and re-emergence of cinema. Features interviews with historians, projectionists and usherettes as well as cinema-goers with rare footage and images from Kingston’s cinemas.

An animation of real life people in and around Brick Lane talking about their faith. Made by digital:works with local young adults and young people.

ANZACs in Westminster.

Documentary made by members of the Boys Project and pupils from Cheltenham Ladies College as part of a Community Memories Project.

A discussion of sport and World War I, based on Michael Foreman's book of the same name.

Interviews edited and combined with archive and personal photos as well as archive footage to make a unique documentary film starring local people.

This oral history documentary tells the story of early pioneering Panjabis who migrated to Southall in the 1950s and 1960s, their journey, settlement & struggles to establish themselves at work, in housing, in business and cultivate cultural activities for their community.

Operation Pied Piper was the name of the plan designed to evacuate children from areas at risk from bombing and invasion.

The story of Hengest.

A Social History of Textile Printing in Crayford.

A film made by Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association residents who talked to other ISHA residents about where they live and how they got there.

An oral history of London Bus Workers

An Oral History of the Thames Lightermen.

In 1863 the world’s first underground railway was opened. It ran from Paddington to Farringdon in London. To commemorate this 150 year anniversary children from two London primary schools undertook a film and creative writing project. The film highlights the history of the underground from a worker’s point of view.

Stories from Hatton Garden.

A film made by students from Gateway Primary School with digital:works.