Bfi Movies

Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

Commissioned by the BBC & BFI, CLASH is a short experimental documentary critiquing Britain's obsession with period dramas, and how they erase the div...

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.

The President had been due to visit twice before, but on both occasions the trip had to be cancelled. The first time was in 1963, the same year as the...

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Made to foster relations between the local residents of Rhymney, in south Wales, and the church.

Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid.

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.

Nel packs up her late father's home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship.

A short, black comedy set in a world between the living and the dead. After Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident he finds himself in a waiting r...

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

London street scenes, showing varieties of horse-drawn traffic. Views of Parliament Square, Charing Cross, Pall Mall, the Royal Exchange and others.

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

While exploring an abandoned building, two friends discover a recording of a woman who claims to be the last citizen of a lost Utopia.

Soon after the VE Day celebrations, there is a second chance to let the hair down, and these dancers make the most of it with much humour.

Beautiful documentary record of the royal visit to Teesside in 1956, shot in gorgeous Kodachrome.

Tody is a lonely bird slaving his life away in a packaging factory. He dreams of a better life in the sunshine with someone there who actually cares i...

The 'Century of Cinema' is an 18-part series produced by the British Film Institute to celebrate 100 years of cinema. The series includes films direct...

With their gramophone perched on the back of their launch, the family set off for a day of rest and relaxation on the Broads and Suffolk coast.