Most Viewed Year 1939 - 99

Castle Films released two cartoons called Christmas Cartoon, this being the first, in a print from the late 1930s. Follows an orphan dog's Christmas...

short film by Bernard Lyot. Joseph Leclerc, a filmmaker of news reportage and astronomer, edited Lyon's film studies posthumously.

A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each...

‘Malay States’ provides a British pre-war perspective on life in the Malaysian archipelago. Sections include ‘Life in a Malay...

A documentary looking at the elementary principles, illustrated by means of diagrams and models, of an internal combustion engine.

An exposition, by means of diagrams and models, of the working principles of the compression ignition or oil engine.

Three shepherds are turned into princes by the Forest Fairy and they go live to their lively castle.

Dufaycolor footage of a visit by George VI to the naval base at Plymouth. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Lady Luck smiles on a reckless secretary who takes a punt on the Irish Sweepstake … but not everyone’s a winner.

About famous racehorse Seabiscuit

An animated short made for the Swiss National Exhibition 1939 in Zurich.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

Scenes from the Handba' festival on New Year's Day in Kirkwall. Winner of the Scottish Prize, The Andrew Buchanan Cup at Scottish Amateur Film...

A look at London Film Productions' studios at Denham.

Focusing on Cracow's Jewish quarter, this film intermingles old and new, using music to enhance the images. Streetcars share tree-lined streets with...

Footage shot by German troops and confiscated by Allied forces of an attack in Warsaw.

Short subject about futuristic fashion styles.