Bfi Movies

Not sure the deerstalker helmet and (beige!) corduroy jacket are suitable for scooter or motorcycle riding. Still, they look the tops and very, very g...

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English col...

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Behind the scenes footage of Pasolini and crew filming 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.

A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.

This short, silent film captures one of Britain's minor little railways: the Leek and Manifold Light Railway on the Staffordshire Moorlands. The railw...

Extraordinary pictures of an accident with a royal audience at Middlesbroughs magnificent Transporter Bridge.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

England battered by Bardsley in the second Test against Australia at Lord's.

From growing potatoes in Green Park, London, to transforming rabbit crates into seed boxes – just a couple of the many ingenious ways of supporting th...

Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of realism...

An excellent example of an 'industrial', showing lace-making processes in a huge Nottingham factory with intertitles explaining the various stages of...

Heavy snowfall makes Christmas dreams come true for residents across Britain.

State schools in the London borough.

A wintry Watford High Street buzzes with busy shoppers.

The penalties of taking conscious risks are emphasized in three stories of casualties. A heavy load slips, a slippery floor, alighting from a moving t...