11 Sep 2006
The British Film Institute (BFI) has created a new system to provide more people with access to its extensive cinematic archives.
The BFI download space will give visitor's to the Institute's web site the chance to search its collection and resources in ways that they have not been able to before.
Film Minister Shaun Woodward says the system represents a revolution in access to a vast wealth of film material.
'This is a fantastic resource for the public who will now, more easily, get to see films from a bygone era,' he said.
The BFI archive has 230,000 fiction and non-fiction films and 675,000 television programmes and wants to allow the public to be able to be able to search and gain access to its resources much more easily than before.
BFI director Amanda Nevill says the archive, which is supported by new search systems from Sigmer Technologies, is a huge social and historical resource, and a chance to travel back through time.
'BFI Online is about sharing that passion and delivering more of our film and television heritage,' she said.
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