BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SALES

Description: rchival Footage Sales is the gateway for programme and filmmakers to the bfi National Film and Television Archive, the world’s leading collection of moving image materials. For over 60 years, the bfi NFTVA has collected the full range of the UK’s moving image heritage, an unrivalled wealth of black and white and colour, silent and sound, documentary and fiction, professional and amateur footage.

The collection chronicles all aspects of life and times since the invention of film in the late nineteenth century. A commitment to increase the range of materials available from this treasure trove of unique images means that rare footage unseen for many years can now be made accessible.

New collections of material are constantly being acquired thus ensuring that Archival Footage Sales continues to be the most diverse source of footage for film and television programme makers.
Website: http://www.bfi.org.uk/nftva/afs/
Keywords: Cinema; Media studies; Television
Access: Opening hours: Mon and Fri, 1030-1730; Tue and Thu, 1030-2000; Wed, 1300-2000.
Access for outsiders: Yes
Charges: Yes. Scale of charges leaflet available.
Copyright: BFI holds rights to BFI-published materials only.

Datasets: 500,000 title records; 750,000 personalities records; 1 million periodical references.
Journals: 5,000 titles, of which 400 are currently received.
Manuscripts: See separate entry
Newspapers: 2.1 million cuttings (estimate); reviews, obituaries, festivals, subjects, etc. Film and name cuttings held on microfilm.
Still Images: See separate entry for British Film Institute Special Collections.
Video/Film: See entry for National Film and Television Archive.

Computerised database: SIFT - Summary of Information on Film and Television is an international database of film and television production, and incorporates the catalogue of the NFTVA, as well as an index to the Library’s journals and other materials.
Digitised catalogue: Under consideration.

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