Bfi Movies

Spellbinding images of Birmingham between the wars.

Scenes of WWI troops relaxing on Streatham Common, South London in a Topical Budget newsreel.

Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

Soldiers representing South Africa and New Zealand billeted in London get stuck in during a rugby fixture in Richmond Park.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

The moving true story of wartime heroine Nurse Edith Cavell, recreated in the aftermath of her execution.

Short road safety film.

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Led by Oswald Mosley, Britain’s Fascists march through south London.

Widow makes son pose as boy to appear younger to professor, but he is to wed professor's daughter.

The sun shines down when PM Lloyd George is in town.

Michael Palin guides us on suicide in this humorous public information film on motorway safety.

An unfit carpenter trails spies through a secret tunnel and blows them up.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

Northumberland army reserve's new home reveals Tardis-like tendencies as the town of Haltwhistle pours inside.

Documentary short showing folk singing and step dancing traditions in a Suffolk pub.

Life in Notting Hill Gate, concentrating on key problems like housing, welfare and drugs, and featuring interviews with local personalities.

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.