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Our library at BFI Southbank is available to everyone, free of charge. It contains a huge collection of books, journals and digitised material about the world of film, television and the moving image. Our priority is comprehensive coverage of the UK, but the collection is international in scope. Visiting the library.
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The BFI Reuben Library is open to everyone and is free – whether you're researching our collections or are just interested in finding out more, you can find us in the main foyer at BFI Southbank.
A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places. Find out more.
We hold one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of film and television material in the BFI National Archive and the BFI Reuben Library. This includes: 60,000 fiction films, including features, on all gauges of film and formats of videotape.
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.
Explore the archive. Discover how you can see what's in the archive and what we do to make it possible. Watch archive collections. Stream free film and TV from the BFI National Archive, or come and visit us to view archive footage at one of our venues. Explore. Look behind the scenes.
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The BFI National Archive contains a huge collection of. film. television. still images. posters and design. audio recordings. books and journals. personal papers. Use the collections search database to find what you’re looking for.