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The BFI National Archive preserves and showcases one of the largest and most important collections of film and television in the world. You can explore, watch, license, book or research the archive online or at its venues.
The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film. Discover the world of cinema with the BFI.
Find out how to search across film and television information collected by the BFI since 1933 and discover the associated holdings from the BFI National Archive and the BFI Reuben Library. Learn about the types of materials, formats and sources available in the collections.
The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren.
Discover more about film and television with the BFI’s diverse range of titles.
This database contains information collected by the BFI since 1933. It holds over 800,000 film titles – including television programmes, documentaries, newsreels, as well as educational and training films – and is updated daily.
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