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Theatre of War (2018)
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.
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Looking Through Glass (1943)
A look at British glass manufacturing.
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St. Paul's Cathedral (1943)
A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the impact of the Blitz.
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Island People (1940)
This one-reel film was produced during the middle of the Second World War. It purports to offer a portrait of the British people, in broad and in fine. It shows them as hard-working, serious people five and a half days a week; on Saturday afternoons and Sundays, they pursue their private interests, whether they be following a football team, spending time with the family or chatting amiably at the pub while the pretty barmaid draws a fresh beer.
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7.0
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Cambridge (1945)
An introduction to the famous and historic university town, showing the colleges, as well as the place itself.
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Miranda's Letter (2016)
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.
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History of the English Language (1943)
A documentary on the English language and it's origins.
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Coventry Cathedral (1958)
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 the one destroyed during WWII.
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Park
Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.
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Falhan's Love (2021)
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.
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Lucky Man (1995)
A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.
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Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives (2016)
An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
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A Farmer's Boy (1945)
A young man learns to become a farmer, keen to show the integration of traditional farming with modern science and education.
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The Lincolnshire Poacher (1947)
A rendition of the traditional English folksong 'The Lincolnshire Poacher', accompanied by animated drawings.
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These Children Are Safe (1939)
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 the country in order to avoid areas which might have made targets for enemy bombers. When schools re-opened they agreed to work on a half-shift basis--giving their own pupils games for half the day while the town children used the schoolrooms. Progressive teachers gave their pupils open-air lessons in simple architecture, in botany and in the way of living of country people.
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Letter from Britain (1945)
Three Canadian soldiers visiting London discuss the experiences of Britain that they have been writing home to loved ones about.
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Ulster (1941)
British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.
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S.O.S. (1940)
A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.
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Sailors Without Uniform (1940)
The men of the trawlers and drifters set out at dawn on voyages of any- thing from twenty to four thousand miles. This is a wartime picture of fishing and of fishermen who sail in all weathers through perilous seas.
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The Answer (1940)
Britain's check to the German drive for world domination. The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was considered too direct propaganda, and that overseas audiences would have trouble following it. However, it had already been shipped across the colonies and ended up being one of the most popular of the British Council's films - both in the UK and overseas.
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Hospital School (1945)
'Hospital School' shows how children were treated, rehabilitated, and educated at The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College in Alton, Hampshire.
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The Royal Mile: Edinburgh (1943)
Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the sometimes gruesome history of Scotland.
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The Life Cycle of the Maize (1942)
Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
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The Second Freedom (1943)
'The Second Freedom' follows Jack Brown as he goes through life, and explores the various benefits he may receive as a result of National Insurance.
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Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 (1945)
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould (1943)
Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
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Power Lines (1944)
The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and covered for insulation and protection with layers of rubber, lead, cloth and paper. The completed cables are then given high-voltage tests before being dispatched from the factory.
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Song of the Clyde (1942)
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 factories, docks and shipyards, of shipbuilding, of giant cranes, of ships loaded and unloaded. As its title suggests, the film has a notable musical accompaniment.
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Teeth of Steel (1942)
Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".
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The Life History of the Onion (1943)
The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen grains (shown much magnified), which are transferred by insects to the stigmas for fertilization of seeds inside the ovary.
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The Man on the Beat (1944)
Training and duties of a British policeman.
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Development of the English Town (1943)
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!
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Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead (2018)
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.
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Baby Girl (2021)
Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.
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Coastal Village (1943)
A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.
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India on Film: 1899 – 1947 (2017)
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.
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Lessons from the Air (1943)
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.
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Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming (1943)
A documentary on modern British farming.
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Royal Road (1941)
'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War, as well as a showing a glimpse of the royal family's private life in the gardens at Windsor.
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Oxford (1941)
A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.
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Rufus (2003)
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.
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Let My Body Speak (2020)
Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers, it keeps the trauma. And after all the losses, I had to start listening to my body.
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Triumph Over Deafness (1946)
Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This is a shortened version of 'Education of the Deaf'.
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General Election (1946)
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.
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English Criminal Justice (1946)
Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.
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Westminster Abbey (1945)
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.


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