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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...
Westminster Abbey
The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...
Power Lines
A documentary on modern British farming.
Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.
Park
Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...
Theatre of War
An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
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...
The Life History of the Onion
Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation,...
Rufus
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...
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2
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...
Development of the English Town
During one of the hottest days in the Philippines, a desperate young waitress in a Chinese restaurant is denied a day off to see her ailing son in...
Manila is A Gate of Hell
A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.
Lucky Man
This short film features two atmospheric scenes from Shakespeare's famous tragedy: Act II Scene 2, the murder scene, and Act V Scene 1, with Lady...
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
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...
Song of the Clyde
Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.
Lessons from the Air
Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
The Life Cycle of the Maize
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...
St. Paul's Cathedral
British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.
Ulster
