Free Activity Dancing Playing Helping Communal Local

New-Style Housing! (1939)

New homeowners in America help to build their own houses to obtain lower mortgage rates.

Let Mister Mopp Do It! (1959)

Great footage of men doing housework as we see home help workers on the job.

Give 'em A Lift! (1940)

People are asked to give a lift to office workers to help out with public transport.

Youth Aids Old Age (1959)

Teenagers and children of a Playground Association in Lambeth help old-aged pensioners.

Agricultural Holiday Camp -Trailer (1947)

A trailer advises people to take their holiday helping out on a farm.

Agricultural Holiday Camp - Trailer (1947)

Film encouraging people to take their holidays helping out to assist with the food crisis.

Trailer - Agricultural Camps (1948)

Short trailer film encouraging people to take their holidays helping out on a farm.

Scouts Issue Title - One Good Deed (1944)

Scouts carry out various domestic duties as part of help in the home scheme. Tyne and Wear.

Holiday Camps AKA Holiday Camp Girls (1944)

Item follows two girls on holiday at a working farm where they get paid for helping out.

Employment Rehabilitation (1970)

Men learn new skills to help them return to work.

Keeping Cool - With The Help Of Father Thames

Glamour girls have fun in the river on a hot day - rowing boats, swimming, splashing each other etc.

Children's Farm (1966)

Children help out with the chores on this farm in Malton in Yorkshire.

Workers On Skates (1965)

Workers use roller skates to help them get around a large warehouse.

Swim At Home (1937)

Learn to swim at home with only a piano stool and help of instructor Victor Lawson.

Walking Stick

A young woman customises a walking stick to help carry her parcels.

Boys Mend Bikes Free (1961)

Two Essex boys help out school mates by mending their bicycles.

Their Joy Day (1925)

Children whose parents are out of work receive free presents and food in Sunderland.

Everyone Shall Have Enough Peas (1925)

Once a year the people of Sawston get to pick peas from a field for free.

American Airlines Children's Flight (1947)

Children get a free ride on a South American Airways plane at Heathrow, London.

Restoring Monsters (1959)

Dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park are restored under supervision of natural history expert.

Their Pets Saved (1929)

The R.S.P.C.A. gives out free dog licences to deserving owners who cannot afford to keep their pets. Seaton Burn near Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Daylight Kinema (1914)

Free open-air entertainment in Trafalgar Square, London.

Hair Research (1957)

Get a free haircut as a guinea-pig in a shampoo research centre.

Holiday In France (1953)

Pamela Kitchener and Alice Pattinson win free holiday to France in writing competition.

Free Car Wash Issue Title - Pots Of Plots (1938)

Footage of a man washing his car with spring water from the Lincolnshire hills.

How To Become Slim

Hungarian Physical Culture Expert Edit Mezey shows us some slimming exercises.

Margaret Morris Movement (1938)

Margaret Morris shows girls how to stand and breathe correctly as they do various bending and stretching exercises and dances.

New 'twister' Game (1966)

Sportshots No 22 - Tope Fishing (1933)

Tope (dogfish) fishing off the coast of Hastings.

We Love Lepidoptera (1968)

Some butterflies are bred for profit, some are bred to be saved from extinction - this little film tells us.

Cycling Tips (1936)

Evelyn Hamilton, women's professional cycling champion, gives us safe cycling tips.

They're At It Again (1959)

People of Atherstone chase after a large football as part of ancient Shrove Tuesday ritual.

Will Carr (1937)

Will Carr uses his feet to juggle and balance boxes and sticks, whilst also juggling with his hands.

Too Many Cars ! (1956)

Cars pile up around us - do we really need all of them?

Santos Casani (1932)

Santos Casani and Jean Mence show us a new dance, the 'Charles' Step.

The Slow Fox Trot

Dance teacher Santos Casani demonstrates the Slow Fox Trot.

Another Home Craft For Eve - "Renasco" Work (1929)

Craft demonstration by Mrs Francis-Lewis. She makes Renasco Work boxes.

The Latest Dance - The Baltimore

Famous ballroom dancers including Santos Casani, Jose Lennard, Barrie Oliver and Beryl Evetts.

The New Tango (1931)

The new Tango is demonstrated by Santos Casani and partner - unusual shots.

Holidays At Home This Year (1942)

Great shots of leisure activities, giving ideas for holidays at home this summer.

Dance - Do's And Don'ts (1928)

Great film demonstrating the right and wrong ways to dance - Santos Casani and Jose Lennard teach.

Lines And Figures (1933)

The modern woman seen cycling and rowing.

Barber Shop Skiffle (1957)

Skiffle band performs in famous barber shop at weekends - good sound.

The Elevation Of Labour Reel 4 (1930)

Co-operative Co-Partnership film shows factory workers making garments - good 30s fashions.

Old English Customs Record D (1950)

A documentary about British traditions - street football, marbles, skittles, pancake races, etc.

My Lady's Hat (1960)

Tradition of 'Throwing the Hood' and flowery hats on men in Haxey, Lincolnshire.