Bfi Movies

  • 1913
    Opening of New Drill Hall at Haltwhistle

    Opening of New Drill Hall at Haltwhistle

    Opening of New Drill Hall at Haltwhistle

    01913HD

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

    Opening of New Drill Hall at Haltwhistle
  • 1952
    Here's a Health to the Barley Mow

    Here's a Health to the Barley Mow

    Here's a Health to the Barley Mow

    81952HD

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

    Here's a Health to the Barley Mow
  • 1970
    Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate

    Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate

    Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate

    01970HD

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

    Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate
  • 1909
    Land of the Elephants

    Land of the Elephants

    Land of the Elephants

    01909HD

    The timber trade calls on animal help.

    Land of the Elephants
  • 1971
    Costa del Coal

    Costa del Coal

    Costa del Coal

    01971HD

    Mad, bad' poet Lord Byron and a lobster thermidor feature in a melancholy tour of Seaham with Johnny Morris.

    Costa del Coal
  • 1936
    Lahore

    Lahore

    Lahore

    01936HD

    Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

    Lahore
  • 1933
    British Paramount News No.251

    British Paramount News No.251

    British Paramount News No.251

    01933HD

    We Protest: 80,000 descend on Hyde Park to demonstrate against Hitler’s antisemitism.

    British Paramount News No.251
  • 1912
    A Tragedy of the Cornish Coast

    A Tragedy of the Cornish Coast

    A Tragedy of the Cornish Coast

    51912HD

    An artist and sailors save a fishergirl from abduction.

    A Tragedy of the Cornish Coast
  • 1963
    A Time to Heal

    A Time to Heal

    A Time to Heal

    01963HD

    A look at some of the 3000 men who go through miners' rehabilitation centres each year, of whom 19 out of every 20 go back to mining.

    A Time to Heal
  • 1944
    Cold Comfort

    Cold Comfort

    Cold Comfort

    01944HD

    A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

    Cold Comfort
  • 1929
    Arctic London

    Arctic London

    Arctic London

    01929HD

    During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.

    Arctic London
  • 1914
    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    51914HD

    A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

    An Engagement of Convenience
  • 1931
    Kagan Valley

    Kagan Valley

    Kagan Valley

    01931HD

    Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

    Kagan Valley
  • 1986
    For Memory

    For Memory

    For Memory

    01986HD

    Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the role...

    For Memory
  • 1970
    Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

    01970HD

    Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

    Arrowhead
  • 1973
    Solarflares Burn for You

    Solarflares Burn for You

    Solarflares Burn for You

    01973HD

    Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial ar...

    Solarflares Burn for You
  • 1959
    Skimsters

    Skimsters

    Skimsters

    01959HD

    An array of brave 1950s water skiing girls and guys bring a bit of Hollywood glamour to the chilly waters of Loch Earn.

    Skimsters
  • 2019
    Around India with a Movie Camera

    Around India with a Movie Camera

    Around India with a Movie Camera

    02019HD

    Award-winning filmmaker Sandhya Suri (I for India) skilfully weaves together archive footage to create an emotionally resonant story about life across...

    Around India with a Movie Camera
  • 1938
    English Harvest

    English Harvest

    English Harvest

    61938HD

    The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

    English Harvest
  • 1981
    Riots and Rumours of Riots

    Riots and Rumours of Riots

    Riots and Rumours of Riots

    01981HD

    Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.

    Riots and Rumours of Riots