Tag: British Film Institute
UK: A New Library For the British Film Institute?
From the British Film Institute (BFI) Web Site: The BFI is facing huge and exciting changes across all areas of its business since it became the lead body for film in April this year. As part of this new chapter for the BFI, we are exploring ways to modernise and expand the offering of the […]
UK: "BFI Launches Searchable Archive of Ancient Film Clips"
From Wired UK: The British Film Institute has launched a free catalogue of digitised film clips from its extensive library, at a website called Search Your Film Archives. This massive repository of grainy black-and-white clips, candid home movies, archival footage from long-dead documentaries and snippets from ancient films can be flicked through by the general […]
UK: BFI and British Library Join Forces to Increase Access to Their Unique Collections
From a British Library Announcement: The BFI [British Film Institute] and the British Library have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the objective of increasing public, professional and research access to audiovisual and broadcast content and integrating it with other knowledge collections. Signed by BFI Director, Amanda Nevill and British Library CEO, Dame […]
