The Melbourne Cup

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by...

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...

This program presents the life and ministry of George Muller, who cared for thousands of orphans in 19th century England. He never asked anyone for...

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China....

Every day, Paris’ six railway stations welcome over 3,000 trains and more than a million travelers coming from France and all over Europe. The...

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.