A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.

Amidst the grand walls of the Forbidden City, the film takes us on a deep journey through the ceremo...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...
This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of ...

A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

In 1902, Emery and Ellsworth Kolb opened a studio in the Grand Canyon and began making photographs o...

As the 'one country two systems' policy in Hong Kong has slowly eroded, resentment among the territo...

A documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Made by Istituto Luce, there is an understanda...
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the ch...

Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migran...
On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...
Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the H...
Lucien Bull was a pioneer in chronophotography. Chronophotography is defined as "a set of photograph...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.

A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an partic...