The World of Budgerigars

With narration from Paul McGann, this ground-breaking film sets out to solve one of nature's mysterious phenomena: the Bewick swan's dramatic...

Is there a connection between animal sounds and the music that humans create? Using a surprising and wide variety of evidence from the animal kingdom...

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

This short documentary includes three vignettes about life off the coast of Newfoundland. In Island of Birds, we visit Green Island, a sea bird...

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's...

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.

From somewhere along the east coast of South America, an osprey has just flown 4000 miles to a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River,...

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

This Cold War film "Information Within Public Shelters" (1953) takes place in a fallout shelter, showing how a well-trained staff that provides...

Discover the beauty, brilliance and behaviour of Australia's most conspicuous birds - parrots and cockatoos in Australia: Land of Parrots....

A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.