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Riveting – and disgusting: BFI’s ‘Dogs v Cats’ and ‘Eating In’ collections reviewed

BFI's free online archive includes a road safety video featuring Labradors driving, ads for Findus Crispy Pancakes, shorts from 1898 and a wonderfully appalling cookery programme

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