1922

Nanook of the North

7.09/295

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

Watch Now

Nanook of the North

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...

Watch Now

Around China with a Movie Camera

1905

The Celebration of Saint George

4.7/10

Early Balkan footage.

Watch Now

The Celebration of Saint George

1908

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

4.8/11

Early Balkan footage.

Watch Now

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

2013

Lumiere's First Picture Shows

6.5/4

An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.

Watch Now

Lumiere's First Picture Shows

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

7.9/16

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...

Watch Now

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

1919

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

6/3

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

Watch Now

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

1905

Weaving Women

4.813/16

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

Watch Now

Weaving Women

1909

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

0/0

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

Watch Now

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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.

Watch Now

Silent Shakespeare

1930

Crabs and Shrimp

7.3/3

Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy and obser...

Watch Now

Crabs and Shrimp

1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal

3.05/10

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

Watch Now

Opening of the Kiel Canal

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...

Watch Now

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1927

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

7.5/117

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...

Watch Now

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

2021

Family Legend

0/0

In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially appears...

Watch Now

Family Legend

1912

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition

6/2

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's original footage from his South Pole expedition fro...

Watch Now

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition

1930

How the Berlin Worker Lives

5.4/4

This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b)...

Watch Now

How the Berlin Worker Lives

1950

El circo

6/2

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vacant lot, the troupe parades through the grand avenu...

Watch Now

El circo

1938

Thimble Theater

7.5/12

One of Joseph Cornell’s funniest films, Thimble Theater is structured like a vaudeville variety show about nature.

Watch Now

Thimble Theater

2024

Moonwalk

0/0

This short documentary film captures the natural movement of the moon mixed with an experimental musical track that accompanies the rhythm of the "wal...

Watch Now

Moonwalk