
12 Oct 2023

Hijos de África
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Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

12 Oct 2023

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31 Oct 1971

A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by American activists Robert Van Lierop, it details the relationship of the liberation to the wider regional and continental demands for self-determination against minority rule. It notes the complicit roles of foreign governments and companies in supporting Portugal against the African nationalists. Footage from the front lines of the struggle helps contextualize FRELIMO's African socialist ideology, specifically the role of the military in building the new nation, a commitment to education, demands for sexual equality, the introduction of medical aid into the countryside, and the role of culture in creating a single national identity.

01 Jan 1938

Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.

24 Aug 1938

England thrash Australia in the fifth Test at the Oval - but still lose the Ashes.

24 Jul 2008

Manuel Horrillo has visited for 7 years the fields where the clashes between the Spanish troops and the rebels of the protectorate took place during the so-called Rif War, a forgotten war of the Spanish collective imaginary.

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.

02 Apr 1959

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

02 Dec 2016

Originally created as an installation for the third Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale this film is a gripping diary and travelogue of a trip the filmmaker made through India. She tries to grasp India’s love and thoughts, the sentiments and everyday conditions and the experience of disease and death.

01 May 2017

A sex columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopted by approximately a third of India’s states.

02 Apr 1916

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

03 Jun 1934

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

10 Jan 1922

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

22 Apr 2009

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01 Dec 1921

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

05 Dec 1905

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

02 Apr 1940

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

05 May 1935

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

02 Feb 1928

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived.

02 Jul 1938

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

01 Oct 1909

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.