Bfi Movies

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

A young Palestinian woman reunites with her long lost brother in Tel Aviv, but her hopes of a happy reunion are shattered when she discovers the truth...

The musical motorcycles hit Paris to a Cuban vibe.

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

The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound.

Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.

This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the o...

Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

An array of vintage vehicles - horse-drawn, two and four-wheeled - pass through Hyde Park in the annual Easter Parade.

Haunting colour travelogue taking in Ulster, Lewis, Lincoln and Cardiff's Tiger Bay.

Large numbers of children and adults can be seen enjoying themselves, splashing about in the water or diving from the high-boards.

As part of a wider anti-litter message, this film addresses the problems of rubbish left on beaches.

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

An artist and sailors save a fishergirl from abduction.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

State schools in the London borough.