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  • 1964
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    No Short Cut

    No Short Cut

    1 1964 HD

    The story of Jimmy, who conscientiously takes the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme test, and Leslie, who suffers a series of mishaps through his...

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  • 1991
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    Coping with Cupid

    Coping with Cupid

    7.00 1991 HD

    Three blondes from another planet land on earth to conduct research into romantic love

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  • 1978
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    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

    1 1978 HD

    An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.

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  • 1979
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    After Dark

    After Dark

    1 1979 HD

    Colin Welland presents this public information film about the hazards of nighttime driving.

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  • 1910
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    SS Olympic

    SS Olympic

    5.20 1910 HD

    The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection...

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  • 2012
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    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

    1 2012 HD

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute...

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  • 1995
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    I Am Curious, Film

    I Am Curious, Film

    3.80 1995 HD

    The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

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  • 1922
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    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi

    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi

    1 1922 HD

    The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

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  • 2006
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    Silent Britain

    Silent Britain

    6.80 2006 HD

    Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...

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  • 1968
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    Black Five

    Black Five

    1 1968 HD

    Black Five is filmed around Carnforth station in Lancashire, a location which had been the setting for the archetypal railway romance, David...

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  • 2017
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    The Colour of His Hair

    The Colour of His Hair

    6.40 2017 HD

    Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the...

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  • 2018
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    O, Hunter Heart

    O, Hunter Heart

    1 2018 HD

    Inspired by the poetry of Edwin Morgan where natural and domestic worlds collide and the hidden animal instincts of humans rise to the surface, this...

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  • 1967
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    The Inn Way Out

    The Inn Way Out

    1 1967 HD

    A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

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  • 1923
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    'All the Winners' - And the Losers!

    'All the Winners' - And the Losers!

    1 1923 HD

    No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.

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  • 1986
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    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    4.40 1986 HD

    A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...

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  • 1957
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    Southward with Prince Philip

    Southward with Prince Philip

    10.00 1957 HD

    Highlights of Prince Philip's visit to Antarctica, Falkland Island Dependencies, the Falkland Islands themselves, Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha, St....

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  • 1962
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    Our School

    Our School

    6.00 1962 HD

    A few hours in the lives of the pupils at a contemporary Secondary Modern school in Hertfordshire, England.

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  • 1964
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    Veteran Car Rally, Brighton

    Veteran Car Rally, Brighton

    1 1964 HD

    Vintage vehicles on parade in this amateur film record of the longest-running motor event in the world.

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  • 1975
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    Pebbles in the Flood

    Pebbles in the Flood

    1 1975 HD

    Musings on life and literature in this student drama made by the Cambridge Film Unit.

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  • 1927
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    Rachmaninoffs Prelude

    Rachmaninoffs Prelude

    6.70 1927 HD

    A man listening to Rachmoninoff's 'Prelude' dreams he is the victim of premature burial.

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