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British National's first feature film was Turn of the Tide, which was released in 1935. The script was based upon a 1932 novel by Leo Walmsley called Three Fevers. The setting, which Rank knew from childhood, was Robin Hood's Bay on the north coast of Yorkshire, England.
The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.
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This is a list of films released by the British studio British National Films between 1935 and 1948. The company was financially backed by Lady Yule, and during the 1940s production was overseen by John Baxter and subsequently by Louis H. Jackson.
TitleRelease DateDirectorOctober 1935November 1936Norman WalkerNovember 1937Jean de MarguenatFebruary 1938Your Britain on Film. Thousands of beautifully preserved films, capturing 120 years of Britain on film. Find your story. Archive services. You can use the archive for business, research or licensing opportunities. Search the archive. Start your archive research here. Find out more. Book films to screen.
The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren.
History. One of the new NFTS buildings to be opened in 2017 (artist's impression). The National Film School opened in 1971, the work of four years of planning to create an institution to train personnel for the British film industry.
