British Instructional Films

British Instructional Films was a British film production company which operated between 1919 and 1932. The company's name is often abbreviated to BIF.

The company released a number of feature films during the late silent film and early sound eras, developing a reputation for making short documentaries.^[1] These included the Secrets of Nature series (1922-1933), consisting of 144 films. Filmmaker, historian and critic Paul Rotha described these in 1930 as "the sheet anchor of the British film industry".^[2][3]

In 1928, the company constructed Welwyn Studios. The company was later merged into the larger British International Pictures, which took over the running of the facility in Welwyn Garden City.

Selected films

• Nelson (1926)
• The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
• Shooting Stars (1927)
• Widecombe Fair (1928)
• Sin (1928)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• Lost Patrol (1929)
• Tell England (1931)