Bfi Movies

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

Pianists Charlie Kunz and Mark Hambourg tickle the ivories for our entertainment in this jolly musical short.

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.

First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.

Follow a group of boys as they learn forestry, map reading, camping, canoeing and rock climbing.

A suffragette demonstration led by Sylvia Pankhurst ends in chaos as police prevent a march on Downing Street.

The Crown Prince Olav of Norway rides through the streets of London in a baby Cadillac. Later, three "royal testers" get in trouble with a burly polic...

Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage.

The mayor's daughter gets hitched in style in the Kent market town.

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

A Ghanaian fashion student and a Nigerian squash player are among the Africans making a life in 70s Britain.

Glorious colour footage of the famous Lambeth college.

Christmas is coming and the Norfolk turkey's getting fat...

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, months before the outbreak of WWI.

Crowds block the streets to catch a view of a handsome old carriage at a Jewish wedding.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.