Employees Leaving Williamson's Factory, Lancaster (1901)

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

Girls gut herring on the quay at North Shields while a Showman tries to stir up trouble.

A black miner makes an intriguing addition to an already captivating film of coal workers up from their pit.

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.

Glistening brass and galloping horses thrill the crowds at a municipal Fire Brigade drill.

Victorian Manchester mill workers enjoy the novelty of a moving picture camera.

Congratulations to the happy couple! A lovely record of a special day in Lancaster.

A great surge of workers pushes through the gates of a Lancashire mill.

Mitchell & Kenyon capture the 'lighter' side of Lancastrian officialdom.

Some nifty product placement creeps in to this formal portrait of the Lancaster Volunteers.

Workers at a Lancaster linoleum factory leave and the gate is firmly shut behind them.

Charlie Hammersley, a student from Northumbria University, explains how Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film holds up a mirror to society. 

The film-makers behind a haunting tale of love and community within a UK immigration detention centre visited the BFI Southbank to discuss their film.

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another.

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.