Africa
Includes footage about Apartheid, guerrilla warfare in Zimbabwe, films
scripted by Athol Fugard, and aspects of British colonial life in Central
Africa in the 1950s.
Anti-Nuclear
Aldermaston, Greenham Common, CND, plus poetry readings by Harold Pinter and Adrian Mitchell.
Art
Picasso, Goya, Giotto, David Hockney, Alan Aldridge.
Black politics and culture
Angela Davis, asylum seekers, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and more.
China
Chairman Mao, The Cultural Revolution, the films of Felix Greene.
Counter-culture
Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, William Burroughs, Peter
Whitehead Archive and the Paul
Morrissey Archive
Fairs/Exhibitions
Including unique colour footage from the 1938 World's Fair in New York.
Cuba
Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the films of Estela Bravo.
The Holocaust
Including the classic film The Wannsee Conference.
India
Documentaries by Yavar Abbas.
Music
John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Reggae, Jazz, Chuck Berry, Satchmo, and much much more.
Soviet Union
Lenin and the Russian revolution, plus Sergei Eisenstein’s films including Battleship Potemkin.
The Spanish Civil War
Unique footage of this ‘prelude’ to World War II, including Joris Ivens’s classic film Spanish Earth.
UK politics
Communist Party marches, May Day celebrations, Paul Robeson, asylum seekers.
United States of America
Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC hearings, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Civil Rights Movement, student protests.
Vietnam
The My Lai massacre, and many other aspects of the Vietnam War.
Wild animals
and nature
The Victoria Falls, and wildlife in Central Africa in the 50s.
