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Free films from the BFI National Archive
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All of the films available to view here are from the BFI National Archive - the world's largest and most diverse film and TV archive.

You can watch over 1300 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank, London and at the new QUAD centre for art and film in Derby -
http://www.bfi.org.uk/media...
http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/...

You can also explore our YouTube videos in Google Earth at http://www.bfi.org.uk/google

For more information about British films see http://www.screenonline.org.uk
Name: British Film Institute
Hometown: London
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque
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Channel Comments (115)
ronpolla (1 day ago)
you can spend hours here!
typ33 (2 weeks ago)
great!
kiwkee (2 weeks ago)
tremendous dedication, channel and project - thx for bringing these gems to a new and wider audience. cheers
mecvso (2 weeks ago)
This channel is a lesson for those who want to preserve the past.Thank you for your friendship and subscribing!
21stCenturyCat (3 weeks ago)
Thanks for posting so many great films that otherwise would no doubt long be forgotten!
Phili4p (1 month ago)
This is a briliant channel. I imagine stepping through the screen and into a scene from 1963 or 1970 and being able to talk to somebody on the station platform about the future.
zoylex (1 month ago)
thank you for this wonderful channel!
xyzllii (1 month ago)
This is such a wonderful channel...I put nearly all I watch up on my FBook and they are loved....thank you so much for the free viewing of these great slices of social history.
xmaywildx (1 month ago)
i love all of these footages! its amazing to see how we used to live. thank you xx
autoinsurancequotes1 (1 month ago)
fantastic channel for those that want to reminisce the past!
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Playlists
London on Film
29 videos
London on Film 29 Videos
Highlights from the BFI National Archive's extensive collection of films about and featuring London.
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Transport films from the BFI National Archive.
India, Pakistan and Tibet
12 videos
View over 150 more films from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Tibet in the BFI Mediatheques - www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque
Delhi (1938)
9:24
[TRANSLATED] Delhi (1938)
[TRANSLATED] Delhi (1938)
Shot by the legendary Jack Cardiff - the Oscar-winning cinematographer of 'Black N...
1 week ago 1,214 views BFIfilms
English Harvest (1938)
8:34
This film is showing as part of 'Britain at Bay: Peace & War 1937-1940', a touring...
2 months ago 3,823 views BFIfilms
Springtime in an English Village (1944)
6:49
Unseen for years due to the fragility of the materials, 'Springtime in an English ...
6 months ago 9,984 views BFIfilms
Bernard Braden interviews Quentin Crisp (1968)
10:47
Filmed the year 'The Naked Civil Servant' was first published, and before he had b...
2 weeks ago 671 views BFIfilms
Rush Hour (1970)
2:47
[TRANSLATED] Rush Hour (1970)
[TRANSLATED] Rush Hour (1970)
An 18-disc box set collecting all nine volumes of the BFI's celebrated British Tra...
1 month ago 5,162 views BFIfilms
A Short Vision (1956)
6:09
[TRANSLATED] A Short Vision (1956)
[TRANSLATED] A Short Vision (1956)
This short animated film is Peter and Joan Foldes' second and last film together. ...
1 month ago 3,036 views BFIfilms
Darling, Do You Love Me? (1968)
3:32
In a hugely entertaining parody of her media persona, a pre-'Female Eunuch' Germai...
2 months ago 3,467 views BFIfilms
The World's First Caterpillar Track (1908)
6:18
(The only surviving materials of this title feature German intertitles). Mud ha...
1 month ago 3,289 views BFIfilms
Petticoat Lane (1903)
2:33
[TRANSLATED] Petticoat Lane (1903)
[TRANSLATED] Petticoat Lane (1903)
This fascinating film provides an authentic view of London's East End from over a ...
1 week ago 1,014 views BFIfilms