Bfi Movies

Film about the town of Penge featuring local personalities, housing, shopping, traffic and the Penge formation dancers.

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.

A bug’s life laid bare in this charming cut-out animated tale.

A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.

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

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

Gay and lonely, Lloyd is on a Grindr-addicted, shame-fuelled spiral into tragedy.

A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.

A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton...

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into c...

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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

The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour

Rhythm and romanticism rules over realism in this recreation of the origins of the rhumba dance

Rides, boxing booths, and a dog-faced monkey keep on moving as the travelling fair hits Mitcham and Stratford-upon-Avon, with a look in at Blackpool.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.