Movies

Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against...

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s...

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Unemployed miners in South Wales are helped to form a Subsistence Production Society to farm and produce goods co-operatively.

A dramatized documentary portraying youth unemployment and state-supported training initiatives in 1930s Canada.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

This short film focuses on the period between World War I and World War II when France was struck by riots, strikes and economic stress. During the...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Not by any means a truly comprehensive scientific study, this film nevertheless conveys in a popular fashion facts as to the development and habits...

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

The countries of Europe are faced with a difficult choice: should they maintain their borders, or should they, with their 300 million people, their...

This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries.

An explanation of what is involved in the devaluation of sterling.

A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

Spotlight on the Colonies places particular emphasis on the economic benefits that continued investment and development within the colonies will...

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

A wartime documentary examining propaganda and information warfare during World War II.

A documentary looking at the British Government's atomic weapons design, construction and testing on the Australian Monte Bello Islands in 1951.

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.