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Woking gears up for war in this remarkable film about the Home Guard and its contribution to the town.

Surrounded by water and manned to defend the coastline, sea forts were remote outposts of Britain’s home front.

‘ACK ACK’ is a profile of the soldiers who manned anti-aircraft positions on the home front during the Second World War.

Ordinary men from all trades and professions lead double lives to hone their soldiering skills in Britain during the Second World War.

Leatherhead applauds and thanks its Civil Defence Service volunteers for their sterling efforts, in this fascinating film made during the last months of the Second World War.

Dad's Army, Clandon-style, are at it again in this fascinating film about life in Surrey's Home Guard.

An atmospheric film of a dry dock, the welding of the hull, primitively held by timber supports, before the ship plunges sideways into a river.

An elaborate vision of Beverley, in Yorkshire's East Riding, from ancient times through to the 1930s.

New young recruits are seen here showing their colours at the height of the war, marching through the town of Beverley, preparing for the battles ahead.

The Battle of Britain may be over but the war over the skies continues, and so the people of Beverly crowd the Market Square and dig deep to buy one of Britain’s greatest war assets.

A chance to judge the mood of a typical English town, four years into a deadlocked war, as we witness the bearing of service men and women marching through the streets of Chapeltown.

Lines of children laden with books deliver them to bespectacled gentlemen granted the right to select those to be sent to forces abroad, and those to be pulped for recycling.

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.