British documentary
RW Paul
Robert W Paul is justly celebrated as the leading pioneer of British film and one of the founders of world cinema.
Secrets of Nature
The natural world has always inspired fascination.
Shadows of Progress
Shadows of Progress is a landmark collection, bringing together for the first time over 14 hours of film material preserved in the BFI National Arc
Silent Shakespeare
“The BFI should be congratulated on this DVD.
Silent Shakespeare
“The BFI should be congratulated on this DVD.
South
Photographed by Frank Hurley, South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-
The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail
In the early 1930s, under the nervous eye of the censor, Soviet propaganda films were shown in Britain.
The Soviet Influence: Volume Two: Battleship Potemkin + Drifters
One of the classics of world cinema, Sergei Eisentein’s 1925 Battleship Potemkin, accompanied with the world premiere of John Grierson’s ground-breaking 1929 documentary Drifters.
Tales from the Shipyard
Britain’s shipbuilding heritage on film – from celebrated documentaries to lesser-known gems.
This Our Still Life
A new film by Andrew Kötting is always cause for celebration, and his latest is deliciously eccentric, yet touching portrait of his daughter Eden a
This Working Life: Steel
Rare documentaries, animations and short films focusing on the nation’s steel industry.
We Live in Two Worlds
Created in 1933 out of the ashes of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit was one of the most remarkable cr
Wonderful London
From Hackney to Chelsea in the company of the great 1920s British travelogue.
You're Human like the Rest of Them: The Films of B S Johnson
This extensive collection brings Johnson’s experimental shorts and uniquely personal documentary films together for the very first time.
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