CelebratingClassicBritishFilms

Britain's oldest working television has been tracked down in a house in London.

The 1936 Marconiphone is thought to have been made in the months t...

From 1983 this junction break from TVS ITV in the south of England includes commercials featuring Terry Wogan, Felicity Kendall & Joanna Lumley, a ...

"Cosh Boy" directed by Lewis Gilbert in 1952 was the first British film to be given an "X" certificate, thus preventing children under the age of 1...

Director Paul Rotha is more well known for his classic documentaries, but in 1958 he directed the feature film "Cat and Mouse" starring Ann Sears a...

From a transmission on BBC1 in 1983, here is a 1947 Looney Tunes cartoon "What makes Daffy Duck?"

a great record however unfortunatelly quite worn, has a chip in it and for some reason has a second hole!

For a few weeks in Summer 1983 TVS ITV in the south of England re-branded its Sunday Matinee film as "A seat in the one and nines". Here, continuit...

Harry Hudson's Melody Men play Hit Songs of 1930:

• Come On Baby-Vocal chorus by John Thorne

• Sing You, Sinners -- Vocal chorus by John Thorne

• ...

The first time I heard this record, over 25 years ago, I wondered why British vocalist Jack Plant was singing with Marek Weber? I assumed he had tr...

They Laughed When I Started To Play. June, 2009.

From his debut feature film 'Boots! Boots!' (1934).

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Hits of 1927 played by Jack Payne and his Hotel Cecil Orchestra:

• Drifting and Dreaming -- Vocal chorus by Maurice Elwin and three others

• Ain't...

New in 1940, RT 49 (FXT 224) was nearing the end of its days in passenger service when it made a fleeting appearance in the 1953 film "The Intruder...

Jack Hulbert (1892 - 1978) was already an established star of musical shows in London's West End when he appeared in the musical film "Elstree Cal...

BRITISH DANCE BANDS play SELECTIONS FROM THE SHOWS No.1

Ray Starita and his Band play a Selection from "Stand Up And Sing"

• Part 1: Stand Up And...

Henry Hall and his Gleneagles Hotel Band play "Cheery Song Memories"

Part 1: Chicago; Ain't We Got Fun; Margie

Part 2: Crooning; Sheik Of Araby; A...

BRITISH DANCE BANDS play MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES --

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936

Jack Payne and his Band play a Selection from the film "Broadway Melody...

From a screening on BBC tv in the early 1980s, here is the 1956 Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Foghorn Leghorn called "Raw! Raw! Rooster".

From a BBC children's television showing in the early 1980s, here is a 1954 MGM cartoon "Bird-brain bird dog" featuring Barney Bear.

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Written and directed by Val Guest in 1952, "Penny Princess" was the first technicolor film to feature rising star Dirk Bogarde, here playing a che...

Little clip i found its pretty cool to see what the earth looked like and whats to come enjoy!

Originally featured in a long forgotten Stanley Lupino film. This rhythmic number is from Jack's final recording session for Imperial.

By way of a ...

Ray Starita and his orchestra

Oh, Mr Porter! is a British comedy film released in 1937 starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. Wh...

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence ...

"Entertainer at the Piano"

(APOLOGIES THAT THE PICTURE IS VERY DARK FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES)

Released in June 1937, "Night Ride" was one of director John Paddy Carstairs ea...