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The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...
Power Lines
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...
Westminster Abbey
British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.
Ulster
A documentary on modern British farming.
Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.
Lucky Man
Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.
Park
'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.
Divided We Scroll
Britain's check to the German drive for world domination. The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...
The Answer
A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace...
Coventry Cathedral
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...
General Election
Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".
Teeth of Steel
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.
Lessons from the Air
An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
The Life Cycle of the Maize
Training and duties of a British policeman.
The Man on the Beat
A film of the Clyde, from its source at Elvanfoot to its mouth at Glasgow, from rivulet to mighty waterway. Street scenes in Glasgow, shots of...
Song of the Clyde
A Record of the Great Social Experiment of "Evacuation". During the first three days of war one million children were moved to places of safety in...
These Children Are Safe
British Council's public campaign, consisting of 5 TV clips with brief and vivid messages on inclusion issues related to race, physical disability,...
Media & Diversity
An overview of the free healthcare available for children, and the environmental improvements that led to increased public well-being in Britain.
Health of a Nation