British Empire Movies

This 1944 black and white silent film provides brief glimpses of the lifestyle among Kenya's white/European settlers during the Second World War.

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench...

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While...

This punk-infused documentary by the Newsreel Collective invites young working class Londoners to discuss their experiences of racism. First and...

Rare archive footage reveals what Singapore was like dating back to 1900, showing coolies sharing lunch, rickshaw pullers, a grand Peranakan funeral,...

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling...

A 1935 black and white film advertising London and exolting it's most popular tourist attractions.

The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave...

This British documentary looks at 40 years of the London Community Gospel Choir, focusing on co-founder Bazil Meade who travelled to the United...

A poetic evocation of the history and character of Britian accompanied by spoken words based on the thoughts of many Britons, among them Sir Winston...

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

‘Bring Out a Briton’ was a short appeal for Australians to help the Immigration Department in its plan to form and assist a ‘Bring...

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...

Feature documentary on the 3-days of riots in Derry, Northern Ireland that led to the deployment of British Troops into Derry in August 1969.