Herostratus

Herostratus 1967

6.20

When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.

1967

Boy and Bicycle

Boy and Bicycle 1965

5.70

A teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as he imagines he is the only person in the world...

1965

A Short Vision

A Short Vision 1956

6.40

The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.

1956

Refuge England

Refuge England 1959

7.50

Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.

1959

Together

Together 1956

7.10

The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship.

1956

The Pit

The Pit 1962

8.00

Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.

1962

Round the World in 80 Days

Round the World in 80 Days 1955

1

Animation. Part of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days", depicting scenes in the Reform Club and Phineas Fogg's adventures in India.

1955

Circus at Clopton Hall

Circus at Clopton Hall 1961

1

On a summer's day, a group of children improvise a circus at an abandoned farm in Suffolk.

1961

Ten Bob in Winter

Ten Bob in Winter 1963

5.00

An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.

1963

Amelia and the Angel

Amelia and the Angel 1958

6.20

A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and follows the angel into a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist's model - the ANGEL. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot - supposedly to heaven-and reappears to restore Amelia's joy with a pair of wings.

1958

Animated Genesis

Animated Genesis 1952

6.00

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

1952

Nice Time

Nice Time 1957

6.00

A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by.

1957

Man of Rope

Man of Rope 1961

1

Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.

1961

Bride and Groom

Bride and Groom 1955

1

I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob Godfrey.

1955

The First Step

The First Step 1961

1

A child discovers her ambition on her first day at a new school. First act of a three-act ballet, "The Choice", with music by Tchaikovsky.

1961

The Peaches

The Peaches 1964

1

A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventu­ally replaced by a very different type of passion.

1964

Rowlandson's England

Rowlandson's England 1955

1

England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

1955

An Untitled Film

An Untitled Film 1964

6.50

A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and O Lucky Man! (1973). This short was shot at 200 fps, depicting a series of pastoral scenes from a British farm, edited to produce a suggestion of violence in contrast to its visual beauty.

1964

Michael

Michael 1961

1

Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.

1961