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An exploration of the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate, by the people living on it.
Feb 2010
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.
Jul 2022
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.
Sep 2023
This project is an oral history of London's dock workers focusing on the fascinating history of the people who worked on the docks of London from the 1930s up until the closing of the docks from the 1970s.
Jan 2019
An Oral History of the Thames Lightermen.
Sep 2015
A photographic installation under the Westway Flyover by Steve Mepsted.
Jan 2014
How the Longitude Act of 1714 changed the world.
A documentary film made by local young people looking at the history of their community from the 1960s to the 1980s with particular interest in the murder of Gurdeep Chaggar in 1976, the 1979 anti-fascist demonstrations and the death of Blair Peach and the 1981 burning down of the Hambrough Tavern.
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.
A discussion of sport and World War I, based on Michael Foreman's book of the same name.
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.
Jul 2013
Made by Colville Primary School with support from digital:works with funding provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Jan 2011
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.
Jan 2009
An oral history of London Bus Workers
Jul 2016
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.
Operation Pied Piper was the name of the plan designed to evacuate children from areas at risk from bombing and invasion.
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.
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.
The story of Hengest.
Jan 2018
Exploring the history of Pehlwani.