Christmas at the BFI

December 24, 2008 7:13 PM

Christmas in the London Blitz, 1940; Making Christmas Crackers, 1910; Santa Claus, 1898; Christmas is coming, 1951: short films from the British Film Institute's wonderful Youtube Channel (including excellent playlists), which you can also explore through Google Earth using the kmz file found here.
posted by Rumple (4 comments total)

Wonderful post. Can only do a bit of peeking now. Am looking forward to more exploring.

Merry Christmas Rumple. :) And good wishes to all to all fellow MeFites.
posted by nickyskye at 10:11 PM on December 24, 2008

And good wishes to all to all fellow MeFites

Hear hear.
posted by DreamerFi at 2:40 AM on December 25, 2008

Thank you Rumple! This will be my post-family dinner treat.
posted by jokeefe at 12:33 PM on December 25, 2008

Christmas crackers?!

Looks more like Christmas-flavored industrial accidents in the making!
posted by markkraft at 2:02 PM on December 27, 2008