Lessons from the Air

Lessons from the Air 1943

1

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

1943

Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives 2016

7.00

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

2016

Theatre of War

Theatre of War 2018

7.20

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict.

2018

Baby Girl

Baby Girl 2021

1

Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

2021

India on Film: 1899 – 1947

India on Film: 1899 – 1947 2017

1

As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.

2017

Development of the English Town

Development of the English Town 1943

1

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War -- enlivened by the appearance of ghostly denizens to defend their eras against the narrator's various strictures!

1943

Miranda's Letter

Miranda's Letter 2016

8.00

Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother would have wanted to say to her daughter. Commissioned as part of Shakespeare Lives 2016.

2016

The Life Cycle of the Maize

The Life Cycle of the Maize 1942

1

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

1942

Teeth of Steel

Teeth of Steel 1942

1

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

1942

Rufus

Rufus 2003

1

Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation, which he can neither control nor understand, he shifts through life in a whirlwind of redness, entirely in the hands of his bizarre compulsion.

2003

Coastal Village

Coastal Village 1943

1

A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.

1943

The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould

The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould 1943

1

Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

1943

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey 1945

1

The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King George VI in 1937.

1945

Falhan's Love

Falhan's Love 2021

1

Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are disabled, but their love and passion is truly heartwarming.

2021

Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead

Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead 2018

1

Historically, the queer community has not been portrayed in mainstream culture as being capable of protecting children and young people. Yet my uncle Ricardo, himself an openly gay man, was the ultimate guardian of my childhood.

2018

General Election

General Election 1946

1

In the run up to the 1945 general election, the film focuses on the electoral race of one of the 640 local constituencies in Britain, that of Kettering in Northamptonshire.

1946

A Farmer's Boy

A Farmer's Boy 1945

1

A young man learns to become a farmer, keen to show the integration of traditional farming with modern science and education.

1945

Park

Park 1970

6.00

Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

1970