38 movies

May 22, 1902

Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.

January 1, 1903

Join the Sunday morning crowds at the famous East End market, home of London's rag trade.

The Manaki brothers have filmed a market.

October 1, 1910

Residents of the Cleveland market town of Stockton High Street smile for the camera on market day.

September 1, 1925

A wintry Watford High Street buzzes with busy shoppers.

February 3, 1928

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

May 6, 1934

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

August 13, 1935

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

Impressionistic short documentary of a Helsinki morning at the end of 1930s with a poetic narration.

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.

January 1, 1956

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

January 1, 1959

A look into London's street markets and how they're suffering to compete with supermarkets.

September 15, 1959

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

A visit to Smithfield Market, Covent Garden and Billingsgate, at their busiest time, the early morning.

Aged 73, the former President of the French Council Émile Beaufort still plays a central role in the political life of the country. Writing his memoirs allows him to look back on his career and discuss his relationships with Philippe Chamalont, about to become President of the Council.

May 1, 1962

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly Tyne, queen of all rivers.

October 2, 1962

A look at the sales practices employed at the LPE Superette run by John Beasley on Berwick Street market.

December 8, 1968

A new piazza proposed for Leicester market is met by public opposition. This is a city described by one local historian as unromantic, so what do the developers expect?

December 19, 1968

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, the film explores the hidden details of a crumbling metropolis. With James Mason as our Guide, we are led on an tour of the weird and wonderful pockets of London from abandoned music-halls to egg breaking factories.

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.

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