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.

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from the...

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

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Beijing, China, 2020. Empty streets, mandatory masks, checkpoints, the entire state apparatus used t...

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five c...

For over 1,000 years, chariots were indispensable weapons in ancient China. The art of chariot drivi...
Women in China is a timely two-part documentary on the conditions of women in today's economically -...
A fascinating pictorial document: On an old, cluttered work ship, a man is helped on with a bulky, o...

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...

Ian Wright: It Shouldn't Happen To A Footballer' comprises the best of the best legendary footballin...

Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migran...

A documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Made by Istituto Luce, there is an understanda...

Channel 4 docudrama following the history of the Great Wall of China, from the earliest building of ...

Undercover in Tibet reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of exp...

A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.
Footage of the expedition leaving Antarctica from New Zealand shot by government cameraman James McD...