VJ Days

An air raid could come at any moment and Derby had to be ready to deal with the casualties. The people of Littleover were so well prepapred they filmed one of their exercises.

From their sandbagged headquarters, the Sandiacre ARP and Red Cross await their call to action.

Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt’s famous GPO film is an enduring example of British self-mythology; a hymn to London’s resilience that helped persuade America to join the war.

Sweet and touching wartime cinema appeal for 300,000 London children spending Christmas far from home.

Step into the aftermath of a WWII bombing raid in south London in this startling amateur film.

Matter-of-fact wartime instruction in how to fit your gas mask efficiently - leaving no margin for error.

The garden of Ivy Cottage, filmed in Kodachrome for the vibrancy of summer blooms, and sombre black-and-white for the winter, snowy scenes.

A Bedfordshire village takes part in a national wartime fundraising effort; captured in full colour by amateur filmmaker and Aspley Guise resident A.R. Sinfield.

The interwoven stories of four best friends who reunite in the UK, thirty-five years after training together as nurses during their teens in Ferozepur, Punjab.

A short animation that offers a window into the world of children’s palliative care.

A satirical take on the healthcare service announcements of the 1960s and 70s.

Panel discussion on Jackie Chan's 1985 action classic Police Story, with Chase Armitage, Sam Mak and Jadey Duffield.

Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton and Keith Cooke reunite three decades on from the groundbreaking martial arts classic.

Action Xtreme - the UK's leading action film studio - hosts this panel discussion with four leading women in action cinema - Soo Cole, Jo Rolison, Jadey Duffield and Ioanna Karavela.