Film archives : the British Film Institute

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Smith, Claire, interviewee

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The British Film Institute (BFI) promotes and preserves film making in the UK. At the heart of its activity is the BFI National Film Archive which holds a huge amount of moving image and paper sour...

The British Film Institute (BFI) promotes and preserves film making in the UK. At the heart of its activity is the BFI National Film Archive which holds a huge amount of moving image and paper sources relating to film. This video featuring Dr Barry Dixon (Head of Academic Partnerships), Jez Stuart (Curator of Non-Fiction Film and TV) and Dr Claire Smith (Senior Curator of Special Collections) discusses the purpose of the archive, why and how film is studied, the areas of research the archive informs, how you access the archive and how film is preserved.

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