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  • 1943
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    Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
    Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming

    1 1943 HD

    A documentary on modern British farming.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Frederick Grisewood

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  • 2021
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    Baby Girl
    Baby Girl

    1 2021 HD

    Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Miss Cunenk

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  • 2018
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    Theatre of War
    Theatre of War

    7.20 2018 HD

    Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Marcelo Vallejo

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  • 1942
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    The Life Cycle of the Maize
    The Life Cycle of the Maize

    1 1942 HD

    Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2003
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    Rufus
    Rufus

    1 2003 HD

    Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sienna Guillory

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  • 2016
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    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
    Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

    7.00 2016 HD

    An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ashley Thomas

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  • 1945
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    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2
    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2

    1 1945 HD

    The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Felix Aylmer

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  • 1943
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    Lessons from the Air
    Lessons from the Air

    1 1943 HD

    Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Norman Shelley

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  • 2016
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    Miranda's Letter
    Miranda's Letter

    8.00 2016 HD

    Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Raffey Cassidy

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  • 1944
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    Power Lines
    Power Lines

    1 1944 HD

    The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Norman Shelley

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  • 1970
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    Park
    Park

    6.00 1970 HD

    Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Aewia Huillet

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  • 1943
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    The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
    The Royal Mile: Edinburgh

    1 1943 HD

    Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...

    Genre: Documentary

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    St. Paul's Cathedral
    St. Paul's Cathedral

    1 1943 HD

    A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Robert Speaight

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  • 1995
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    Lucky Man
    Lucky Man

    1 1995 HD

    A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

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    Cast: Lindsay Anderson

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  • 1943
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    The Life History of the Onion
    The Life History of the Onion

    1 1943 HD

    The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1946
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    English Criminal Justice
    English Criminal Justice

    1 1946 HD

    Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Harold Warrender

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  • 2019
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    Divided We Scroll
    Divided We Scroll

    1 2019 HD

    'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stephen Moynihan

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  • 2017
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    India on Film: 1899 – 1947
    India on Film: 1899 – 1947

    1 2017 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1945
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    Westminster Abbey
    Westminster Abbey

    1 1945 HD

    The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Alvar Liddell

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    Development of the English Town
    Development of the English Town

    1 1943 HD

    A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

    Genre: Documentary

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