British Film Institute InView

Provides access to over 2,000 non-fiction films and TV clips, covering key social, political and economic issues of the 20th century and drawn from the collections of the British Film Institute and partners - including the BBC and the National Archive.

Features rarely seen government films, written documents, newsreels, TV documentaries, discussion programmes and parliamentary recordings and is supported by commentary from BFI curators and other specialists. This collection illustrates how producers and distributors of the moving image provide different voices and perspectives on national social, cultural and economic debates over key themes that include education, UK industry and economy, health, law and order, environment, immigration, race and equality.

How can this collection be used in teaching, studying and research?

Anyone interested in recent political, social and economic issues in Britain will find this collection useful, with academics and students of arts and media subjects especially well catered for and a wide selection of the resources being accessible for use across schools and further and higher level educational settings.