Week 8: 15-21 January
Learn more about Douglas Slocombe’s home movies and how the archive uses 3D printers in our latest blog.
Inside the Archive
Week 7: 8-14 January 2025
This week learn more about The Story of Us, film cleaning feats and what we were watching on New Year’s Day 1985
Week 6: 1-7 January 2025
This week learn more about a recent visit from the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, the archive’s ‘Top 5’ titles and the late, great Malcolm Le Grice.
Week 5: 11-17 December
Learn more about deaccessioning, ‘orphan manifestations’ and how a silent landmark inspired this year’s Christmas must-have.
Week 4: 4-10 December 2024
In this edition we explore the importance of barcode scanning, discover a lost world in a Tring basement and examine the anatomy of a trailer.
Week 3: 27 November – 3 December 2024
Learn more about a recent archive adventure to India, how our curators have been taking a fresh look at our collections and the importance of a good label, in our latest blog.
Week 2: 20-26 November 2024
This week we shout from the rooftops about the BFI Mediatheque, head to the Manchester Animation Festival and learn about sustainability in archiving
Week 1: 13-19 November 2024
As we gear up for World TV Day on 21 November, learn more about how we archive off-air TV broadcasts and make these available at the BFI Mediatheque
Week 0: Time to go Inside the Archive
Welcome to the first edition of our new, weekly blog exploring the work of the BFI National Archive