License and access content from the vast and varied BFI National Archive - spanning the last 120+ years of moving image since the dawn of film - preserved and curated by our dedicated and skilled team.

Available for commercial projects, exhibitions and creative reuse, the BFI National Archive brings you:

- Ground-breaking documentary and innovation in moving image
- 20th Century social history
- Art and artists on film
- 25 hours of digitised Edwardian and Victorian actuality footage
- Newsreel from the silent era onwards
- Interviews with public figures
- The quirky and unusual

Collection highlights include:
- Mitchell and Kenyon
- Arts Council England
- Central Office of Information
- The General Post Office Film Unit
- Braden's 'Now and Then' Interviews
- Topical Budget Newsreels

…and much more. Get in touch for free research and licensing assistance.

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