The bfi opens its archive online
December 1st, 2003
The bfi and the New Opportunity Fund is proud to announce the launch of a groundbreaking website, screenonline.
This new site features an unrivalled collection of archive film and television footage from the bfi National Film and Television Archive, plus a range of essential biographies, stills and articles that provide context to this unique national resource. screenonline will provide a guided tour through the story of British film and television, free of charge to every school, Further Education College and library in the United Kingdom.
screenonline is the first time the bfi has given the public access online to its comprehensive collection of film and television material, giving teachers, students and film enthusiasts an exceptional opportunity to investigate British history, culture and society through cinema.
This unique resource can be applied to all areas of the curriculum from English to History and Media Studies. A text and stills based version of screenonline will also be globally accessible.
The site encompasses a vast range of materials, from silent 'Topical Budget' newsreel footage (1911-1930) through classic British comedy to contemporary television dramas. Here are just a handful of the collections available on screenonline:
- English Hitchcock
- Shakespeare on screen
- Topical Budget
- Animation
- Children's TV
- Black, Asian and Chinese Collections
- Ealing comedy
- TV sitcom
- TV drama
- World Wars on Film
screenonline is a constantly expanding project that will provide an invaluable resource to teachers, students and film and television enthusiasts alike.
For further information please contact Ngaio at the bfi on 020 7815 1343 or ngaio·bowthorpe(at)bfi·org·uk
Notes for editors
The British Film Institute was established in 1933 to promote greater understanding, appreciation and access to film and television culture. Find out more at www·bfi·org·uk
The bfi National Film and Television Archive collects, preserves and makes accessible the UK's diverse moving image heritage. It includes over 50,000 feature films, 100,000 documentaries and non-fiction titles and 200,000 television programmes dating from 1895 to 2003.
The New Opportunity Fund is a Lottery Distributor created in 1998 to award grants to education, health and environment projects throughout the UK. Many of its grant programmes focus particularly on those in society who are most disadvantaged.
At this time screenonline contains more than 1,000 pages of information and more than 100 hours of streamed moving image material.
There is currently material from more than 300 films and television programmes on the site and this resource is growing constantly.
Schools, colleges and libraries can register free of charge at www·screenonline·org·uk/register
Browse the site at www·screenonline·org·uk
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