Bfi Movies

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s young life up to her ascens...

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

Large crowds are gathered to see Captain Scott's Terra Nova at Cardiff's Bute Docks as the ship moves away from the quay on her voyage to Antarctica.

An animated UK public information film which explains what to do if you see somebody in trouble on a visit to coastal areas.

A Lord foils a plot to kill his favourite and rides it to win.

Andy arrives home from school, and goes to light the fire in the living room. His sister, Sal, warns him against this, but Andy is adamant that if he'...

A young Chinese British woman undertakes a symbolic journey of self-discovery. Incorporating elements of poetry and dance within a dramatic narrative,...

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

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

An engineering feat: Second city civil engineers complete a new bridge to carry traffic over New Street's tangled railway intersections.

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...

MPs take to the Oval for a game of cricket.

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.