Bfi Movies

A demonstration by the R. Hornsby engineering company of Grantham of a revolutionary all-terrain vehicle.

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

Residents of the Cleveland market town of Stockton High Street smile for the camera on market day.

Essex County cricket team get some much needed practice in the nets at the County Ground, Leyton.

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

Professional footballers answer the call of duty and get in training; many would go on to fight in the Battle of the Somme.

Two Indian women wash a baby with a jug of water, while a man with a turban sits behind them.

What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host lives in the pe...

Minimalist movie making at its best: kids learn the art of film language using illustrations and margarine boxes.

Dorothy Hyman, sprinter and miner's daughter from Barnsley, returns from the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome with two medals: silver in the 200m and bronze...

Led by Oswald Mosley, Britain’s Fascists march through south London.

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

It’s all me, me, me – this experimental animation on the Self wittily wraps up Jung and old philosophies in a Paul Klee-inspired design.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

Welephant, a character that is still handing out fire safety advice to children today, here appeals to kids not to play with matches. Very commendable...

Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.

Eton school's peculiar version of football.

King George V and Queen Mary visit convalescent soldiers at Bath.

Scenes of thronging street life and market trading along Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey Street and Southwark Park Road.