The Wonders of Magnetism

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

The Scorpions belong to the oldest land-based arachnides with over 1800 different species known to exist. Usually, they do not surpass the size of 10c...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains...

This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded we...

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrate...

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's discoveries not only in...

Four young Americans who've each suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury emerge from their comas at a New Jersey medical facility. Their eyes may be open, b...

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. Th...