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Searching and access to the archive collections

We hold a huge collection of film and television, still images, ephemera, books and journals. Here you can search our collections database and find out more about accessing materials.

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Search the collections

Search our collections database to find out what films, television programmes, images, scripts, books and journals we hold.
Access for donors, rights-holders and copyright owners

Find out how to view materials you have donated to the BFI National Archive, or for which you own copyright.
Access for FIAF member archives

We can help FIAF member archives with access to film and television materials for restoration projects.
Archive resources online

We share the BFI’s knowledge of British film and television through these online services.
Help with access to moving image collections

Useful contacts for BFI National Archive requests.

BFI Filmography

The complete story of UK film 1911 to the present.

Britain on Film

1,000s of films, beautifully preserved. 120 years of British life, unseen until now.

Explore Britain on Film

BFI Mediatheques

Explore highlights from the world’s greatest film and TV archive — free.

Introduction to the BFI collections

The films in our collections are a fascinating record of the history filmmaking, and a document of life in the UK.

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