Movies: Digital Works

The story of the NHS....

Made by Stockwell Primary School with support from digital:works with funding provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund....

An Oral History of the Thames Lightermen....

There are many stories, funny, sad and poignant, and through these stories we get an insight into the history of the men and women who have driven the famous black cab....

A documentary film made by local young people looking at the history of their community from the 1960s to the 1980s with particular interest in the murder of Gurdeep Chaggar in 1976, the 1979 anti-fascist demonstrations and the death of Blair Peach a...

This oral history documentary tells the story of early pioneering Panjabis who migrated to Southall in the 1950s and 1960s, their journey, settlement & struggles to establish themselves at work, in housing, in business and cultivate cultural activiti...

Documentary made by members of the Boys Project and pupils from Cheltenham Ladies College as part of a Community Memories Project....

A documentary film based on oral history interviews with former printers and journalists....

Interviews edited and combined with archive and personal photos as well as archive footage to make a unique documentary film starring local people....

This project is an oral history of London's dock workers focusing on the fascinating history of the people who worked on the docks of London from the 1930s up until the closing of the docks from the 1970s....

Exploring the history of Pehlwani....

Golborne, West London, bordered by Ladbroke Grove, The Westway and the Grand Union Canal. An area that from the 1950s saw a unique struggle against poverty, greedy landlords, racism and political neglect to a musical backdrop of reggae, punk and carn...

Documentary charting the experiences of projectionists who work or worked in cinemas in London, exploring the skills and dedication required for this unique role, set against changes in technology, society, and entertainment....

A Social History of Textile Printing in Crayford....

An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the heyday, decline, and re-emergence of cinema. Features interviews with historians, projectionists an...

How the Longitude Act of 1714 changed the world....

A discussion of sport and World War I, based on Michael Foreman's book of the same name....

A photographic installation under the Westway Flyover by Steve Mepsted....

Made by Year 6 St Clement Danes Primary School with digital:works. Commissioned by Covent Garden Community Association and Westminster Archives....

A film made by students from Gateway Primary School with digital:works....