Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn more about how the BFI National Archive cares for its most vulnerable holdings and how the archive's storage facilities have evolved over the decades with this short video essay.

Video produced with the support of the BFI Screen Heritage Fund, awarding National Lottery funding.

(Thumbnail photo: Edmund Sumner | BFI)

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Learn more about the history of the BFI National Archive:

Inside the Archive: What is the BFI National Archive? | youtu.be/niX1RuEy_uY?si=gEu0uKAqJcxWarb_
Inside the Archive: how we looked during the Swinging Sixties | youtu.be/sIpl3egdvcw?si=ahNSKT71_yjkCOul
Inside the Archive: how we looked in the 1980s | youtu.be/k8x-ce24e4M?si=cHj2wAl87I4Wf_Pr

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