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A newsreel featuring the new village of Silver End, a vision of Francis Crittall to create ideal living conditions for his factory workers and their families.

Training film for employees at the first of the nuclear power stations to be built at Sizewell.

A works day out to the seaside is filmed to provide entertainment for the staff at a later occasion.

Promotional film for the holiday resort of Southend-on-Sea.

The workings of the nucleonic gauge, made by the famous radio makers Ekco (E.K Cole) Electronics ltd, and its applications to measure the thickness of different materials.

Promotional film, made for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, advertising the diverse leisure activities on offer at the holiday resort of Southend-on-Sea.

Documentary about a day in the life of Southend Airport; from the running of the terminal and its facilities to the passenger and air traffic passing through.

Promotional film for Obel Warehousing Ltd following daily operations at the site in Stanton.

Narrated by Henry Williamson, author of "Tarka the Otter," the film focuses on the near extinction of the common partridge to trace 50 years of agricultural change and current threats to the countryside.

Sailing craft with the distictive 'gaff' rigs feature in this record of the race held on the Blackwater Estuary.

A cooper demonstrates the traditional skills of barrel making using a wide range of traditional tools.

Local amateur film maker, George Wilden, records the carnival procession and other festivities in Stowmarket in 1948.