Bfi Movies

This poignant film publicises elections for a new Assembly in Belfast.

Woolwich candidates face the voters in the first of 1910's two general elections.

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

Having an architect for a father came in handy on Beris Wrinch's wedding day. A special bridge was designed so the wedding party could reach the marqu...

The well-dressed Edwardian ladies and gents of the county tour the annual agricultural show.

Cheering crowds and much jubilation greet the launch of the Accrington to Oswaldtwistle electric tram service.

A tour of Stratford-upon-Avon's houses and hamlets, stomping ground of a young William Shakespeare.

Roll up, roll up, for all the fun of the fair as Sunderland celebrates the August bank holiday.

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

Take a scenic trip through 1920s North Wales to the sea.

A visit to Peterlee, Co. Durham.

"The most exciting thing going on in Europe, if not the world": welcome to Milton Keynes.

From Well Dressing to Garland Day and even elephants in Alfreton - a celebration of the traditional customs of Derbyshire.

"It's still men who win coal": a look at the past, present and future of the coal industry.

A West Yorkshire story of rewilding wetlands in a landscape once dominated by deep coal mining.

Big fan of episcopal residences? Take a rose-tinted look at the historic city of Wells.

Stormy skies make brollies essential at the last meeting before WWI of this forgotten fixture of the jump racing calendar.

The mayor's daughter gets hitched in style in the Kent market town.

Roll up, the fair's in town - even with a war on.

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