Bfi Movies

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

Intrepid aviator H.J.D. Astley laughs off another crash.

The inner-workings of local paper the Hertford Mercury are revealed by young, fresh-thinking reporter Peter Gibbs on his hunt for a regional scoop.

These gorgeous scenes of Great Hucklow capture the Derbyshire village’s preparations for the celebration of King George V’s Silver Jubilee.

A beautiful, Pathécolor vision of the Powys market town of Machynlleth, famous as the location where the rebellious Owen Glendower was crowned Prince...

An excellent example of an 'industrial', showing lace-making processes in a huge Nottingham factory with intertitles explaining the various stages of...

Pensioners queue in the street for buses to a seaside excursion of sunshine and frolics.

Juvenile races at a country sports gathering are followed by scenes at the Olympic Games of 1924.

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

Shots of races at a military athletic meeting.

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

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

The Dungeness lifeboat crew launched their brand new motorised lifeboat.

The Duke of York visits Cadbury's chocolate factory at Bourneville near Birmingham in the Midlands.

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall makes Christmas dreams come true for residents across Britain.

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

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