Bfi Movies

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

The son of a wealthy merchant fakes his own death to join up, but his heroic act at the Front is wrongly attributed to his cowardly cousin.

Made possible through a unique UK-wide collaboration of national and regional publicly-funded film archives, Lost Connections draws on a century of ar...

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

An array of brave 1950s water skiing girls and guys bring a bit of Hollywood glamour to the chilly waters of Loch Earn.

The story of Jimmy, who conscientiously takes the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme test, and Leslie, who suffers a series of mishaps through his ow...

The hives of Hampshire are the centrepiece of this tour of the county, from Aldershot to Bournemouth and all points in between.

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

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

The children of Peterborough run rings around comedian Tommy Handley and other dignitaries during a city sports day.

Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the...

This short, silent film captures one of Britain's minor little railways: the Leek and Manifold Light Railway on the Staffordshire Moorlands. The railw...

Gay and lonely, Lloyd is on a Grindr-addicted, shame-fuelled spiral into tragedy.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

Some fascinating insight into the making of Barbet Schroeder's cult classic 'More' (1969)

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...

Poignant postwar appeal for Britain’s Jewry to support orphaned Jewish children rescued from Europe.