Two new films highlighting the journalism of the Times and Sunday Times have been released in "the unquiet film" series.
They are, as one might expect, blatant ads for the papers and urge viewers to become subscribers. But they should be seen also as a tribute to agenda-setting public service journalism.
The one above, Adventurous Spirits, recalls three of the Times's historic scoops - Henry Labouchere's dispatches from Paris during the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, Arthur Merton's report on the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in Egpyt, and James Morris's account in 1953 of the ascent of Everest.
It moves into the present day by mentioning Anthony Loyd's revelation about the use of gas in Aleppo, Syria.
The second film, Uncomfortable Truths, is about the Sunday Times's investigation into slavery that is said to have "helped deliver the modern slavery bill to parliament."
The films are the result of filmmakers being given access to the newspapers' staff and 229 years of archive material. They are the ninth and tenth of the series.
Source: The Times. See also ForeverUnquiet.co.uk
