A pacifist gambler turns spy and gives his father's gas factory plans to the enemy.

King Charles flees and hides in a huge oak tree when the troops loyal to Oliver Cromwell close in. The royal entourage is disguised, and the king's sweetheart masquerades as Charles. Only when she is brought before Cromwell is it discovered the switch has been made.

'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)

The life and loves of Jane Shore, mistress to Edward IV. An early British epic.

An old man tells a girl reporter how he solved a crime.

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.

A beetle is possessed by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess, who is determined to get her revenge on a member of the British Parliament.

In nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic enganglements ensue.

In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.