Films on the Flytower supported by American Express

What's On

• WEEK ONE: BEST OF BRITISH

  

  Two Cooks and a Cabbage

  Wed 14 Sept from 8.30pm

  Essential viewing for food lovers everywhere, especially in times of austerity; learn how not to boil a cabbage, turn an old pot into a fridge and the precise recipe for the perfect cup of tea.

  Watch Goronwy Thom & Richard Garaghty live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm

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• Housewives' Choice

  Fri 16 Sept from 8.30pm

  Explore the life of the British housewife from the 1920s to the 1950s, with some essential household tips; from ironing your husband's ties with the aid of a jam jar to cleaning your mink courtesy of a handful of bran.

  Watch (T)Hat Juggler live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm 

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• Brit Chic: Fashion on Film 1946-1989

  Sat 17 Sept from 8.30pm

  Celebrate the nation's knack for cutting-edge couture with a kaleidoscopic survey of post-war British fashion. Join the cool kids on the Kings Road in the 60s and go behind the scenes at the iconic emporium Biba.

  Watch Hoop La La live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm 

   

  WEEK TWO: INSIDE LONDON

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• Fifties London

  Thur 22 Sept from 8.30pm

  Enjoy a slice of London in the 50s, with a peek into a seamy world of jazz nightlife and live through an energetic day at the old Covent Garden fruit and veg market.

  Watch Strictly Dumb Prancing live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm.

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• Local London

  Fri 23 Sept from 8.30pm

  Meet the Kennington teenagers from the 1950s, watch the 1960s beauty queens at the Lambeth festival, and see how the morning stampede at Waterloo Station hasn’t changed since 1970.

  Watch Artist in Action live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm 

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• The Big Smoke: Films from a Lost London

  Sat 24 Sept from 8.30pm

  London life from a bygone age; evocative films show a lost London from 1896-1945; see Victorians travelling to work, traffic chaos engulfing Edwardian streets, and the smoky London Underground in the 1930s.

  Watch Full Twist live in Theatre Square at 6.45pm.

   

   

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  The BFI National Archive is the world’s richest and most significant collection of film and TV archive material. For details of the extensive programme of films from the Archive at BFI Southbank visit bfi.org.uk

Wed 14 - Sat 24 September

As part of Watch This Space Festival, American Express is supporting a season of extraordinary film treasures from the BFI National Archive; see the earliest moving images of London, hilarious footage of quirky British domestic life and groovy shorts from the swinging 1960s. These moving marvels will be projected on the massive National Theatre Flytower, which soars above the river Thames. All screenings are free.