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Two clumsy detectives investigating the murder of a singer scare themselves when they accidentally reveal the killer to be a respectable psychiatrist, secretly a notorious jewel-thief. A rare film venture by this top radio comedy team.
A tour of Istanbul in all its glory. All the sights, such as the Hagia Sophia, but also the small details are shown.
Mr. X is convicted of killing Mr. Y and serves a jail sentence. After being released, he discovers that Mr. Y is still alive...
A documentary looking at the British Government's atomic weapons design, construction and testing on the Australian Monte Bello Islands in 1951.
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
An animated short depicting aspects of London life set to traditional tunes and popular standards. Part of the J Arthur Rank Musical Paintbox series.
Alan Simpson's lyrical, visually lush film captures the Mummers of Symondsbury as they enact their traditional Christmas play outside their village inn.
"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.
A TV adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play.
Series of five adventures about two children and their Alsatian.
A German Film Award gold medal winning documentary about electro-technics.
A story about a group of children in German town of Bahrenburg who are trying to build themselves a swimming pool.
In 1935, in the Burgundian village of Valromey, Commissioner Desbordes was the very unpopular leader of the anti-alcoholic league. His own brother, Pimpin, is an unconditional defender of the vineyard. Pierre Moreau is, for his part, the representative of a hygienic drink, the "Koku-Kolu". The cafe owner's daughter, Rose, will find the man very to her liking and will manage to seduce him.
Camera study about everyday life on the Hoyerswerda construction site. Film rediscovered in 2014.
Short film about the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The production of rails, switches and new railroad bridges are shown one after the other.
Animated film by Haro Senft.
This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, at a bookseller along the banks of the Seine, in the streets, at a café. Enough to drive him up the wall!
Hamburg awakens to a new morning in Peter Pewas short film.
Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.
The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are the tools necessary for energy production.
After three months of secret marriage to his wife Helga, Stefan Gregor, propagandist for a record company, is already back in front of the divorce judge. His profession is to blame, as it has brought him into disrepute with his wife. It is the nightly negotiations with the artists in his friend Alfred's bar over champagne and wine - and he is already accused of infidelity. But he is no different with Helga, because as soon as she has become rich through a secret lottery win, her lifestyle makes him just as suspicious and jealous. But when he discovers that she has become a singing star, he is proud of her and she finally realizes what "sacrifices" his profession entails.
Short about the titular choir, made after the announcement of the retirement of the choir's conductor, Sir Hugh Roberton
An old woman apparently tormented by people in the street comforts herself in her room with memories of her youth.
Documentary about a steel factory in East Germany.
Short film based upon a ballet by Yves Bonnat & Françoise Adret
A short film commissioned by a train museum. In the night of the 100th birthday of the first train in Germany, all the trains in the museum come to life.
A Dakota plane is carrying a ton of gold bound for Brazzaville, but it is hijacked over the Camargue. On arrival, we find nails instead of gold!
An American sculptor, passioned by literature, comes to Paris to perfect his art, but ends up with barely no money, and to survive has to sell The New York Herald Tribune, at night, to his compatriots. A look at the bohemian Parisian life of the fifties.
Two young building workers are more interested in girls than their work; complications ensue at home.
How a sheep dog is responsible for the rescue of two children trapped in an old mine.
Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who work with them are the subject of this film as they reflect in their personal lives some of the drama and romance of its situation. Among them are a tug skipper and his crew, a stewardess on a Cape ship, an assistant wharfinger in charge of handling baggage and freight, a taxi driver, and a pilot taking a great liner down Southampton water at night.
The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."
Some boys ('buttjes') in Hamburg meet on their 'flagship' where they decide to pay a visit to the Altona fish market. They have very little money and want to invest it as cheaply as possible.
This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the lorry-driver and his mate it is all in a day's work; minor mishaps are overcome on the journey from Preston through the beautiful Welsh countryside. The story ends with the trawler on its way to sea.
A look at British industries and factories, starting with London Airport then on to well-known brands of the time around the country - from making alarm clocks to cars.
The story of the pony, from the time it is rounded up in the forest until it enters the Pony Club Championships. The journey encompasses pony sales, training, and life at a riding school.
Short film about Hamburg, the industrial city and major transshipment hub.
Silhouette film – a version of Offenbach’s opera, “La belle Helene”.
The young orphan Helga is raised by her aunt after WW II. At the age of sixteen, she turns her back to go her own way. As a rambler, Helga wanders through the night streets of Berlin and has brief acquaintances.
The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm.
The working day of enginemen at Newton Heath locomotive sheds, Manchester. They discuss the impact of dieselisation on their jobs.
Celia and María are two attractive young women who survive by stealing wallets from tourists who visit the Prado Museum. However, her true dream is to become flight attendants one day. When they meet the handsome Alberto Suárez, both will fall in love with his charms, to the point of following the man to Málaga.
A German Film Award commended short documentary.
Views of the landscape of the Highlands of Scotland, including Glencoe, Rannoch Moor, Mallaig and the island of Arran.
On May 2, 1808 the Spanish took up arms against Napoleon. The war are surprised by a traveling company of actors formed by Damian and their four daughters. Rosita, the eldest, is in love with a revolutionary, but Duvalliers, a French officer, also sought. Circumstances beyond all that Rosita can support: conflict views that cause her two suitors, the love of family, his duty as a patriot ... Having become human torch accidentally Rosita launches into a tinderbox and thereby causes the beginning of a decisive battle against the French.