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Our collections span the world and tell a century of stories, scroll down to explore.

20th Century UK life - diverse cultures, regions, work, Royalty, suburban life and industry

Celebrating the diversity of British life, our collections focus on communities across the UK, featuring the pioneering work of black british filmmakers such as Menelik Shabazz. Films focus on the Windrush generation, the West-Indian community in 1970s Notting Hill 
Northern England:

Black British

Exploring British South Asian life in the 1980s and 1990s

South Asian British

Travelling from the Yorkshire Dales to the pits of mining towns, our archive of Northern England takes in breathtaking vistas and gritty industrial towns, factories, terraced houses and cobbled streets, alongside slums and poverty.
Kinolibrary boasts a wide variety of archive footage evoking the buzz of Britain’s Northern Cities.

Northern England

Our collections paint a vivid picture of the growth of the suburbs. Detached houses, milk floats and kids playing football in the streets, our archive has it all.

UK Suburban Life

“Made in Britain”. Take a look at our British Industry archive which offers an onsite view of Industrial Factories and Mining Towns. Follow the journeys of our favourite foods, with footage travelling from farm to factory to supermarket.
 Our collection oversees the evolution of office technology over the decades as well as highlighting the progression of women in the British workplace.

UK Work and Industry

Ducking inside boutique shops and wading through Oxford Street crowds, follow UK fashion through flares, shoulder pads, shell suits and beyond with our archive of clothes and shopping.

UK Shopping and Consumerism

Cuisine in the UK is a matchless embodiment of culture and history. We have a vast collection of footage depicting Britain's favourite meals, from Sunday roasts and tinned beans to kebab shops, curry houses and bizarre 60s pub grub - dinner is served!

UK Food and Drink

Fine dining, luxury cars, stately homes, aristocracy and parties.  Footage from 1960s and 1970s from 16mm and 35mm

UK Wealthy Lifestyle

Step back in time with our 20th century school archive, which brings back memories of school dinners, music classes and playground games. Our collections also include private schools like Cheltenham, Harrow and Eton.

UK Education

Kinolibrary's Royal collection offers an insight into the world of the Windsors. From rare footage of coronations and monarchical tours to stunning establishing shots of Buckingham palace, a wealth of news reporting and rushes relating to Princess Diana, and much more.

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