Panorama of Calcutta

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

This short is one of Paramount's "Popular Science" series (number L6-5, or the fifth one of the 1946-47 production season) and begins by showing moon...

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the...

A film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford.

A man and his spirit navigate in harmony with nature. By day, by night, by the upheavals of unpredictability, he navigates the river as we all...

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

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

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

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...

Ballroom dancers Veloz and Yolanda perform the various dance fads of the first half of the twentieth century.

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....

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the...

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

This non-narrative short film examines one of the great American icons: the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. The film was conceived by its...