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• Cinema history in The National Archives

  - 2008-06-22

  THE British government found itself paying attention to the cinema industry from an early stage. Answering a Parliamentary Question on juvenile crime the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, told the House of Commons in May 1916, 'it is generally believed that one of the causes is to be found in...

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• COI films come to BFI.

  - 2008-02-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2008-UK Government: COI films come to BFIC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022008 The BFI British Film Institute has secured an agreement with the Central Office of Information COI to manage and commercially represent its collection of public...

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• FEATURE: Britain discovers delights of neglected Uchida films

  - 2007-12-08

  LONDON, Dec. 3 Kyodo The British Film Institute has made a bid to get Westerners more acquainted with the works of the largely neglected Japanese director Tomu Uchida (1898-1970) by presenting rare screenings of his major works in London throughout this month. Incorporating 13 films...

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• CLIP OF HISTORY

  - 2007-11-04

  THE British Film Institute recently sent us a DVD offering a fascinating new glimpse of Edwardian life in Ireland. The 75 minutes of footage lay in a shop in Blackburn for almost a century before being painstakingly restored. It shows street scenes, sporting events, and ordinary people....

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• Wagner effect, The

  - 2007-09-08

  It is with considerable trepidation that I venture to write about Richard Wagner in these pages, considering that in doing so I am following a trail well blazed by Bernard Levin -- a passionate and lushly articulate devotee -- and that no fewer than three highly eminent Wagner scholars are...

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• ARCHITECTURE WEEK

  - 2007-06-14

  Running from 15-24 June, Architecture Week gives people up and down the country the chance to get under the skin of design. This year sees a focus on sustainability, with a range of activities from carbon-footprint measuring at the RIBA's London headquarters to the chance to build a model city...

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• The British Film Institute Brings Together its Comprehensive Collection of Film and British Television Data Into New Website.

  - 2006-10-03

  LONDON, October 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigmer Technologies today announced it has developed a comprehensive database solution and framework for the BFI's collection of filmographic data, including world cinema, film and television, onto a new searchab LONDON, October 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

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• CHIPPO SHUNNED AGAIN IN BLIGHTY

  - 2006-08-17

  David Chippertield has spoken of his 'frustration and disappointment' utter it emerged that the British Film Institute BFI was set to appoint another consultant to head up its search for a new home.The decision appears to signal a death knell for the internationally acclaimed architect's relationship with the institute and...

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• Edwardian silver screen.(Blackpool)(Brief article)

  - 2006-08-01

  Blackpool relived its colourful history with a film premiere at the Victorian Grand Theatre.The archive film, from the Mitchell & Kenyon Collection, is compiled from more than 800 reels of footage found ten years ago in a photographer's shop in Blackburn and handed over to the...

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• Man of Steel's Imax bow super in London.(World News)(British Film Institute Imax Cinema)(Brief article)

  - 2006-07-27

  "Superman Returns 3-D" has done socko biz at London's British Film Institute Imax cinema, posting the best opening weekend frame for an Imax release anywhere in Europe. All 12 shows on opening weekend sold out, making it the 485-seat screen's top...

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