British Council Movies

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...

British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.

A documentary on modern British farming.

'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

In the run up to the 1945 general election, the film focuses on the electoral race of one of the 640 local constituencies in Britain, that of...

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

Training and duties of a British policeman.

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...

A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace...

A film of the Clyde, from its source at Elvanfoot to its mouth at Glasgow, from rivulet to mighty waterway. Street scenes in Glasgow, shots of...

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen...

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

Britain's check to the German drive for world domination. The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...

A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the...

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.