1970 Movies

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

King George V (1970) charts the history of the celebrated locomotive, which was taken out of service in 1965 but offered a length of siding at Bulmers...

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Trendsetter and absolutely fabulous. Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Bar...

Kurt Kren films an anti-war poster in extreme close-up moves to subvert the quick responses of viewers to its loaded imagery.

Directed by Frank Black.

A morphing self-portrait of artist Bill Plympton

"Visionary post-war modernist Tyeb Mehta channels the nightmares of the nation in Koodal, at once the artist’s self-described “autobiography” and a pr...

Based on the 1920 novel by David Lindsay, a strange tale of sexual identify and existential angst.

The story of a cougar named Whiskers.

Victoria Etcetera is a unique meditation on London's Victorian and imperial legacies, made as a collaboration between photographer Gori and graphic de...

Directed by: Piotr Kamler

A popular science film dedicated to research of the Earth from spacecraft, instilling a sense of empathy for protection of the Earth's natural resourc...

Filmed at the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday August 30th 1970. Free, here at their zenith, played to in excess of 0.6 million people!

Made as part of the compaign against the Industrial Relations Bill. A trade unionist talks about the crisis he sees in the working classes. The import...

"The film alternates from recording in time-lapse (one frame every ten seconds) to running through the camera at 24 f.p.s. (regular speed). The film w...

Directed by Ali Abdelwahab.