Bfi Movies

First county cricket match of the season between champions Lancashire and Warwickshire.

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Surrey play Yorkshire at the Oval as the 1922 County Championship nears its conclusion.

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band march...

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

Harrow’s extraordinary and opulent pageant, and seaside holidays on the south coast.

A horse and cart carrying two nuns is stopped by two men with fixed bayonets.

Public warning film on road safety for children - 3 small children meet Death.

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers!

The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.

A holidaying family captures the picturesque Devon coastal village of Lynmouth, both before and after a tragic flood event.

Ready, steady, relay! This newsreel captures the pepped-up mood of the camera-conscious youngsters assembled for the South London Schools Sports event...

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Spot the changes and continuities in this majestic Edwardian panorama of Trafalgar Square.

Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.

“Chicago’s Titanic” the S.S. Eastland, a Great Lakes passenger ship in which 844 people lost their lives, is brought up from the seabed.

There's an enchanting folkloric quality to this eclair newsreel showing a remote Essex village ravaged by fire.

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