Coi Movies

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

A short film to warn children of sexual predators.

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

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

A short information film produced to get Britain ready for decimalisation.

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

An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on...

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

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

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

Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) provides trained agents, arms and other assistance to the European resistance groups fighting against...

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...