Market Day in Bitola

Look at Life: Shopping by the Ton

January 1960 •English

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

Look at Life: Market Place

January 1959 •English

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

The London Nobody Knows

December 1968 •English

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.

Sunshine in Soho

January 1956 •English

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

Meet the Mayor

December 1968 •English

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?

The Coast of Commerce

May 1962 •English

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

Watford Street Scenes

September 1925 •

A wintry Watford High Street buzzes with busy shoppers.

Stockton-on-Tees

October 1910 •

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

Oryu Market

September 2023 •Korean

Wake Up, Helsinki!

January 1939 •Finnish

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

Fishball Revolution

Invalid date •English

An asylum seeker from Hong Kong builds a new life for himself in Glasgow, using his passion for street food to maintain his cultural identity.

Cattle Market in Derry

May 1902 •

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

An Eastern Market

February 1928 •English

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

Imphal Bazaar

May 1934 •English

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

Petticoat Lane

January 1903 •

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

Superette Story

October 1962 •English

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

Paris

February 2008 •French

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

Kapana

November 2022 •English

In Namibia, a country where sodomy is still a crime and gay relationships are stigmatized against, two lives intersect: George, a middle-class insurance broker living in central town, Windhoek, and Simeon, a kapana seller who lives in Katutura, Windhoek's township. Two secrets. One unlikely meeting in a bar.

Day Watch

January 2006 •Russian

A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

Ip Man

December 2008 •

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.