Bif Movies

High speed photography used to show the seed dispersal methods of various plants.

A Secrets of Nature short, shot in a Zoo.

The pictures show how the ailanthus silkmoth and the red admiral spin silk and weave a cocoon, and the way in which the change from caterpillar to mot...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

'Lady persuades her son to divorce his actress wife by implying their baby is illegitimate.' (British Film Catalogue)

Short documentary film using innovative filming techniques to show how moulds grow and germinate.

In 1925, with the cooperation of the War Office, British Instructional Films set out to make a dramatic, feature-length reconstruction of the five Ypr...

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the sexual elements of pollenation in Dandelion, Globe thistle, Daisy, Cornflower, Carline t...

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the conflict between two colonies of wood ants joined by a piece of tiber laid across a moat...

Time lapse photography of the broad bean flower unfurling. Released in a silent (1929) and sound (1930) version.

The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.

When his mother is attacked and killed by a lion, infant boy Boru is adopted by a passing tribe and raised by the tribe's chief.

A study of the insect, from caterpillar to butterfly. Part of the “Secrets of Nature” series.

Beneath the waves are mountains, plains and valleys full of life: here the conger, the octopus, and the wrasse hunt for food; shrimps and prawns act a...

'Couple fall in love as seasons change through year.' (British Film Catalogue)

Educational film about Cyprus - landscape, people, work, traditions etc.

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

A Secrets of Nature short.