Coi Movies

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Impressions of contemporary British arts and fashion. Summary of art through the ages taking in every thing from Mary Quant to the Marat/Sade...

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

The joys of 1960s modern education - as seen at a not-exactly-typical local comp.

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

Britain and Turkey had not always enjoyed the ‘special’ friendship referred to in the commentary. Their armies were on opposing sides in...

The World Is Rich is a 1947 British documentary film directed by Paul Rotha about food shortages after World War II, outlining steps underway to deal...

A short film to warn children of sexual predators.

Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all across the UK. This programme allows an exploration...

A short information film produced to get Britain ready for decimalisation.

An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the...

An extended humorous public information film (lasting around fifteen minutes) narrated by Richard Wattis.

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

The President had been due to visit twice before, but on both occasions the trip had to be cancelled. The first time was in 1963, the same year as...

Watching Sierra Leone Greets the Queen gives one a flavour of the hectic nature of royal tours; in just one week (from the 25th November to the 1st...

An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on...

2-6 March 1961 saw the Queen and Prince Philip make their first and only state visit to Iran. Their host was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-80), the...

Teenagers Sandy and Alan are keen motorcyclists, but while Sandy insists on getting proper training, Alan refuses, even though this makes him twenty...

A look at the work of a policeman in rural Scotland.