Newly recorded audio commentary on Secret Ritesby BFI Flipside founders Vic Pratt and William Fowler
The Witch’s Fiddle(1924, 7 mins):
possibly the first student film ever made, this tale of a magical instrument was shot by the newly formed Cambridge University Kinema Club
Out of Step: Witchcraft (1957, 14 mins):
investigative journalist and charismatic Soho bon vivant Dan Farson presents this polite yet probing, nuanced TV documentary about witchcraft
The Judgement of Albion(1968, 26 mins):
bold, poetic images populate this ode to resistance by the writer of Blood on Satan’s Claw, Robert Wynne Simmons
Getting it Straight in Notting Hill Gate (1970, 25 mins):
short but spectacular time-capsule counter-culture documentary was designed to redress negative perceptions of Notting Hill in 1970
Image gallery:
rare memorabilia and newspaper cuttings relating to the films, salvaged from the spooky ’70s