Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A man gives away an inherited hat, then finds it contains a will.

Two soldiers appear at a private house and demand lodging.

Smugglers land their goods. Customs inspectors spot them and take off in pursuit.

This Lubin actuality of the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake begins with a group of men, pans to the left, and the people vanish, leaving...

A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze. As the...

There's no harbor, and the ship lies some distance off shore..... then the camera pans and a tender has to be sent out amidst the rough water.

A family living in poverty, in a tiny house with no furniture. When mama goes to sleep, the youngsters head out to rustle up some firewood....

In 1906 a cameraman boarded a streetcar in Boston and rode around the city, wherever that vehicle took him. The film is exceptional, because it shows...

This Walter G. Chase film about epileptic seizures was photographed from a single camera position against a backdrop of dark canvas.

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)

This Walter G. Chase film about epileptic seizures was photographed from a single camera position against a backdrop of dark canvas.

At the beginning of the film, a group of men can be seen gathered around a flat area near a large municipal gas tank. Most of the group are attending...

Mlle. Consoli does a bunch of jetes, surrounded by other ballerinas. Then they surround her, and when she next appears, she is standing en point on a...

A tramp steals food from a picnicking professor and is blown up.

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but...

Adventure follows detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where her plans to tie the knot unravel when Sherlock's disappearance plunges her into a perilous...

Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect with former...

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed...

When an aid worker vanishes in the first hours of war in Ukraine, a former Navy SEAL and CIA operative crosses into the shattered country to bring...

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory...

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder...