IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS (IWM), a British national museum founded in 1917, offers an unparalleled multi-media resource of photographs, film, art, documents, sound recordings, and 3D objects that reveal the causes, course, and consequences of war, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military, or political, social or cultural.

IWM's Collections include film and photographs shot by the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, unique amateur films, the NATO film collection, and the Tim Hetherington photo archive.

Register on IWM Film for research access to our film collection designed for archive researchers, including free screener downloads and HD clip delivery.

Use IWM Collections for research access to our photograph, sound, documents, 3D objects, and world renown 20th century art collection.

Our ongoing programmes of digitisation means that there is alaways more content to discover and our Digitisation on Demand offer gives priority access to our extensive archive.

Contact our Image and Film Licensing team, which includes experienced film curators who are knowledgeable about our offline archive, for assistance with your project.