Bfi Movies

The 1948 London Olympics see Wembley stadium host the athletics plus diving and the swimming at the Empire Pool.

A day of fun and games in the water at London's Surrey Docks.

After the Muezzin has lead the call (adhan) to prayer we pan along the rows of worshippers, who then pray as non-muslims observe the ceremony. An Indi...

Eager voters swarm to Trafalgar Square to witness the election results.

Retired nags enjoy a well-earned New Year's feed at the Cricklewood Home of Rest for Horses.

Not sure the deerstalker helmet and (beige!) corduroy jacket are suitable for scooter or motorcycle riding. Still, they look the tops and very, very g...

Public information film warning of the dangers of burglary, using magpies instead of human thieves.

Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.

Cuties explores the elusive beauty in how we as a species continue forward in spite of our proclivity for destruction.

Precious footage of the 1908 Olympics shows the main venue, White City Stadium, with brief glimpses of pole vaulting, gymnastics, high jump, swimming,...

A crew of not-so-lonely lightshipmen enjoy a festive knees-up - 40 miles out at sea.

In North Lincolnshire the villagers of Haxey and Westwoodside tussle with one another whilst pursuing the 'hood'.

Prince George, who later became the Duke of Kent, takes in some dramatic scenes in a local steelworks, opens a trunk road, and visits the War Memorial...

First outing for an imperial airship, traveling from Bedfordshire to London and back again.

Surrey batsman Jack Hobbs gets in some batting practice, with team mate Bert Strudwick keeping wicket.

The adrenaline rush of a race at South London's famous velodrome at the height of a cycling boom.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener gets an enviable welcome on his return from the Second Boer War.

Short film warning parents not to leave their children unattended around water.

Short road safety film.

Blind soldiers from St. Dunstan's Hostel row on Regent's Park Lake.