
09 Jul 2004

Riding Giants
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
This captivating early film - by an unknown filmmaker - offers a glimpse of glorious Blackpool and the many delights it offers holidaymakers.
09 Jul 2004
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
10 Jan 1922
The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour
01 Feb 1928
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
09 Mar 1935
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
01 Jan 1968
A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produced by Koga Production. This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.
01 Jun 1935
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.
09 Apr 2000
In this superbly produced, two-part documentary, you'll trace the holy city's prophetic history and explore what the Bible professes regarding Jerusalem's fate.
01 Jul 1947
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
01 May 1940
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
01 Oct 1941
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
10 Jan 1947
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
19 Dec 1962
A 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber.
03 May 2017
A year ago a place known among Muscovites called Pravda (formerly the largest publishing house of the USSR of the same name was located in this complex) promised to become a center of urban culture. The residents of this space will tell what the truth is for them now.
01 Jan 1963
Portrait of a young woman having fun at the beach
27 May 1991
In the last week of May, the whole of India prays for the onset of the monsoon. Without its life-giving rains, the nation would become a land of dry wells and deserts. Writer Alexander Frater awaits the 'burst' at the southernmost tip of India, then travels with it on its dramatic journey north, witnessing the monsoon's towering influence on every aspect of Indian life.
10 Aug 2017
As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.
12 Feb 2024
An in-depth look into the isolated sport of Motocross in the much more isolated island of Bermuda.
20 Feb 2012
Roving foodies Angela May and Bobby Chinn embark on two culinary journeys across Asia. Angela travels to the western coast of India to sample the cuisine and culture of the thriving melting pot that is Goa. Meanwhile, Bobby travels to Manila where he discovers a passionate and humorous people, and their love of food.
01 Mar 1943
A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry.
A love letter to Mar del Plata made of images, times and a road trip. "The Happy Ones" is an experimental short documentary composed of past and present family footage. It portrays a place in the summer, the city of Mar del Plata, with a span of 20 years between past and present images (January 2000 and 2020). Despite the time that passed by, it's beaches, essence and people remain, always willing to keep dancing.