Videoteca

Last Flight Out 2004 star_border 3
Hot-shot pilot Dan Hogan is sent deep into the Colombian jungle to rescue missionary doctor Ann Williams. Caught between innocent villagers and a ruthless drug lord, Ann won't abandon the people she has come to love.

The Climb 2002 star_border 5.7
A pair of mismatched rock climbers must learn to work together to conquer one of the world's most treacherous mountains in this adventure tale. After rescuing a wealthy man, solo climbers Michael and Derrick are rewarded with a chance to summit Mount Chicanagua. Risk-taker Derrick clashes with safety-conscious Michael, but in order to live through the ordeal they must work as a team.

The Prodigal 1983 star_border 8
They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle.

Simply Metric 1973
A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.

The People People 1970
Intended for school leavers, the promotional film shows the vast range and variety of jobs available within the British Civil Service, highlighting the ways in which civil servants help individuals, the community in general and Parliament.

Genetics and Plant Breeding 1968
A BAFTA award nominated documentary considering Mendel's laws of inheritance and how the passage of dominant & recessive characteristics from one generation to another depends on discrete particles of matter.

Man in the 5th Dimension 1964
This new evangelistic film epic, specially produced for this Gospel witness at the Fair, undertakes to describe man's "fifth" dimension -- the life of the human spirit. In swift sequence the giant galaxies, tiny microscopic organisms, cultures and civilizations of the heroic past are summoned to bear testimony to the Glory of God and the spiritual nature of man. Then the story narrows down to one solitary individual, Jesus Christ, the Carpenter of Nazareth, and the effect of this Man upon the world. The film closes on a highly personal note as Mr. Graham invites viewers to receive Christ as Savior and Lord.

The Pitcairn People 1962
A documentary feature telling how then descendants of the crew of HMS Bounty survive today on the remote island of Pitcairn, where their ancestors settled after the mutiny.

O for Oxygen 1961
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the original identification and subsequent uses of oxygen.

Outline of Detergency 1960 star_border 5
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the basic features of detergency using animated diagrams and live action photography.

Captured 1959 star_border 4.6
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.

People Like Maria 1958
A BAFTA award nominated documentary paying tribute to the World Health Organisation on it's tenth anniversary in 1958.

Thursday's Children 1954 star_border 6.6
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

Teeth of the Wind 1953
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the international co-ordination involved in dealing with a locust plague.

They Planted a Stone 1953
They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. The film portrays how dams, barrages and irrigation canals were constructed on the Nile in Sudan, to generate hydroelectricity, irrigate the desert and create such projects as the Gezira Scheme. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

David 1951 star_border 6.3
Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.

In Black and White 1951
An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.

Bristol, British City 1951
Bristol's historical buildings, streets, docks, churches, bomb ruins, and industries, her great traditions and associations with famous citizens.

The Undefeated 1950
Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years.