Our collections are an invaluable resource for researchers, students, filmmakers and TV producers, and we share the collections publicly through screenings, releases in cinemas and on DVD and Blu-ray and online.
In this section
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We care for a huge archive of British television programmes, collected since the late 1950s.
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Feature films and short fiction
Our fiction collection comprises more than 50,000 titles from donors all over the world.
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We collect all British film from the silent era and hold a wide range of early film from Europe and the USA.
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Britain is famous for great factual films, and our non-fiction collection comprises more than 100,000 titles.
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We care for a collection of moving image work from British and international artists dating back to the early 20th century.
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Searching and access to the archive collections
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