Can anyone see an ancestor?!
 

In any of these free-to-watch short films:

https://player.bfi.org.uk/search/free

Oh, those look very interesting. Must come back to this. Thanks, Merry!

Oh wow, thanks Merry!

My grandfather may have made some of the corsets featured in the film I've just watched :D

They do look interesting. Pity you have to be in the UK to view them.

Ooh, sorry Mary. I wonder if Janet can view them?

Ooh, so spooky, went straight to Blackburn where lots of mine lived. Didn't spot anyone I know though.

Fascinating, thankyou for this, Merry!

OC

OC - There are a few for Darwen too.

Incredible! I didn't know there were so many on there until I started scrolling through the pages.

There is one promoting the local dairy of the town we live in for the year 1930!

I got all the way to Play for Free and thought I could see them but then it decided I couldn't. ;(;(

Awww, r-r-r-r-a-t-s! And I was so looking forward to this. :(

Location not authorised
BFI Player films cannot be played outside of the UK
Error code: geo
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EDIT:
Hang on! I was able to watch some of these by doing a search, putting the title in quotes and appending site:youtube.com.

I haven't exhausted the possibilities, just proved that the method can work.

Meanwhile I found this one which is pretty interesting too:
The Oldest Photographs

And EDIT again:
I suppose you can actually just go to youtube and use their own search field. That seems to work too.