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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
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
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
Training and duties of a British policeman.
The Man on the Beat
A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.
Lucky Man
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
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...
Development of the English Town
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.
Lessons from the Air
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
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
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 documentary on the English language and it's origins.
History of the English Language
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 The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...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
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...
The Life History of the Onion
Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".
Teeth of Steel
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