2016

Around China with a Movie Camera

4.2/2

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. Th...

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Around China with a Movie Camera

1927

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

7.679/106

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 a...

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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1922

Nanook of the North

7.105/290

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

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Nanook of the North

1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

8/1

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrate...

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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1905

Weaving Women

4.813/16

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

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Weaving Women

1951

Matisse

5/2

Between 1950 and 1955, Henri Langlois tried to produce, on behalf of the Cinémathèque française, several films devoted to great artists, with their co...

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Matisse

2013

Louis de Funès Forever

6.8/16

A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83), as well as a detai...

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Louis de Funès Forever

1971

India-Nepal

5/1

A nervous, careless recording of a trip through India and Nepal at the beginning of the 1970s. Fleeting impressions of faces, landscapes, temples, peo...

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India-Nepal

1922

Finlandia

2/1

A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produced propaganda film introduces the nature, sports,...

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Finlandia

1905

The Celebration of Saint George

4.7/10

Early Balkan footage.

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The Celebration of Saint George

1908

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

4.8/11

Early Balkan footage.

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The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

1904

Renard et lapins

0/0

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Renard et lapins

2000

Silent Shakespeare

0/0

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

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Silent Shakespeare

1934

Bread

0/0

Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath it. Hunger marches organised by the National Unempl...

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Bread

1907

Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

6/1

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

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Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

1907

Københavnerbilleder

0/0

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

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Københavnerbilleder

1958

Sonnenfinsternis

0/0

Educational short film about the solar eclipse

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Sonnenfinsternis

1909

Hunting the Panther

4.4/5

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

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Hunting the Panther

1909

Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

6/1

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set...

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Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

1912

Hansa

0/0

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

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Hansa