Coi Movies

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

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

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

Documentary about Sir Terence Conran, an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer.

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

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...

Designed to promote the National Cycling Proficiency Scheme: an N.C.P.S. student competes with another boy in a private cycling competition,...

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

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

Britain Beware is a documentary about the history of COI's infamous British public information film hosted by Adrian Edmondson.

A short film to warn children of sexual predators.

An anti-smoking public information film in which children investigate adult smoking habits, framing addiction as learned behavior rather than...

A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary.

Filmed at Leeds Castle in Kent, this short documentary on Scottish cloth manufacturer Reid & Taylor's biennial fashion show extravaganza was produced...

Filmed partly in Urdu, Insaaf (Injustice) is a public information film aimed at Britain’s South Asian communities. Produced through the Central...

This film is a compilation of footage shot by Associated British Pathe, which covered royal events for its newsreels, and the company would have been...

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

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...

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh undertook an official visit to the region in February 1966, as documented in this film. The destinations on this...

A tribute to William Shakespeare devised by Geoffrey Buckland-Smith and made in connection with the quatro-centenary celebrations. Spoken extracts...