Bfi Movies

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

How to sew a brat onto a ewe hogg, and everything else you wanted to know about sheep farming in the Highlands.

Haunting colour travelogue taking in Ulster, Lewis, Lincoln and Cardiff's Tiger Bay.

Queen Elizabeth's younger and only sibling, Princess Margaret, went on a 5-week tour of Mauritius and East Africa in September-October 1956.

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

Viking chieftains, flaming torches and outlandish costumes liven up a dark January day in Lerwick, Shetland, as the townsfolk celebrate 'Up Helly Aa'.

A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the...

As part of a wider anti-litter message, this film addresses the problems of rubbish left on beaches.

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

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

A beautifully evocative three-mile glide along the Thames from bustling docks to bohemian Chelsea.

The intrepid Lieutenant Pimple thwarts foreign enemies in an action-packed wartime spy spoof.

In this animated short, a half-naked woman dances with her black-suited partner.

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them.

A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton...

David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) was just 20 years old when he made A summer Discord, an imaginative amateur, silent short film set in the count...

A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

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

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.