British documentary
If War Should Come
The BFI National Archive, in partnership with the British Postal Museum & Archive, Royal Mail and BT Heritage, has cur
Land of Promise
This extensive collection is a major retrospective of the British documentary film movement during its period of greatest influence.
The Lost World of Friese-Greene
In the mid-1920s, pioneering film-maker Claude Friese-Greene made a series of films during an intrepid drive from Land’s End to John O’
The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon
From 1900 to 1913, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, commissioned by touring showmen, roamed the North of England, Scotland, Ireland and
The Lost World of Tibet
After the popular and successful TV and DVD collaborations The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon and The Lost World of F
The Miners’ Campaign Tapes
Fight. Organise.
The Miners’ Hymns
An elegy to the coal mining history of north east England.
MisinforMation
Information (in|for|mation), noun: what is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things (Oxford English Dictionary)
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play.
Mitchell & Kenyon: Edwardian Sports
Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play.
Molly Dineen Collection Volume One
“…the leading British filmmaker of her generation.” Mark Lawson, The Guardian
Molly Dineen Collection Volume Three
Molly Dineen is one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary documentary filmmakers, known for her intimate and probing portraits of British
Molly Dineen Collection Volume Two
Molly Dineen is one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary documentary filmmakers, known for her intimate and probing portraits of British indivi
The National Coal Board Collection Volume One
Films to inform, entertain and galvanise working people across the country from 1947-1984.
Night Mail
Night Mail (1936) remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in British film history, and was one of the most critically acclai
Of Time and the City
Terence Davies’s ode to his native Liverpool wowed audiences and critics alike after being hailed as the highlight of the 2008 Cannes Film Fe
The Open Road
In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, set out from Cornwall with the aim of recording life on the road be
Peter Whitehead and the Sixties
Legendary filmmaker Peter Whitehead was at the heart of Swinging London, chronicling the youth explosion, the burgeoning popular music scene and th
Roll Out the Barrel
A collection of entertaining short dramas, humorous trade films, perceptive documentaries and archival newsreel items, presenting a history of the British boozer.
Roundabout - 1963: A Year in Colour
A unique and fascinating glimpse back to Britain and it’s place in the world 50 years ago.
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