Bfi Movies

Carousels, doubling up on the helter skelter and an enormous key feature in the annual funfair on Mitcham Green.

A visit to Peterlee, Co. Durham.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

Jack Hobbs reaches his 124th century at the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.

A closeted songwriter suffers from anxiety and creative block while hiding her true feelings for her bandmate. As tension builds and boundaries break,...

The first West Indies Test cricket team visits England and loses all three matches.

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

Stripped-back wooden dolls put on the greatest show on Earth via the marvel of stop motion.

Soldiers representing South Africa and New Zealand billeted in London get stuck in during a rugby fixture in Richmond Park.

There are some breathtaking shots of workers constructing Newcastle's iconic Tyne Bridge, designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, in this detailed and inf...

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

What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host lives in the pe...

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

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...

These Land Girls are firm friends - and just as good at farm work as the men they replaced during WWI.

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.

The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection "Tal...