{"id":2721,"date":"2008-09-06T04:28:27","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2008-09-06T19:04:02","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T18:04:02","slug":"bfi-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/09\/06\/bfi-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"BFI YouTube Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve only just come across the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BFIfilms\">official YouTube channel<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/\"><strong>British Film Institute<\/strong><\/a> (BFI).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BFIfilms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2726\" title=\"BFI YouTube channel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bfi-youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t aware of their good work, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Film_Institute\">Wikipedia defines them<\/a> as &#8216;a charitable organisation&#8217; established by <a title=\"Royal Charter\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Charter\">Royal Charter<\/a> to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>To promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners<\/li>\n<li>To promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society<\/li>\n<li>To promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and <a title=\"World cinema\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_cinema\">world cinema<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">To establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you live in the UK or London you may have been to see a film at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/whatson\/bfi_southbank\/film_programme\">NFT<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/whatson\/bfi_imax\">IMAX<\/a> cinemas which are both run by the BFI.<\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BFIfilms\">YouTube channel<\/a> now has a lot of videos from their extensive vault, which (according to them) is the world&#8217;s largest and most diverse film and TV archive.<\/p>\n<p>There is some very interesting footage from a football match in 1901 between <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle_United_F.C.\">Newcastle United<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liverpool_fc\">Liverpool<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DhjTX39xKB4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DhjTX39xKB4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A short film called &#8216;Springtime in an English Village&#8217; which offers a snapshot of rural life in wartime:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jRnLwASmvYs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jRnLwASmvYs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You can also explore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/google \">their videos in Google Earth<\/a> and if you are in London you can view 1000 complete films and TV programmes from the archive for free at the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/mediatheque\">Mediatheque at the BFI Southbank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/watchification.com\/2008\/09\/06\/154\/\">Speechification<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BFIfilms\">BFI YouTube channel<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Film_Institute\">Find out more about the BFI at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve only just come across the official YouTube channel for the British Film Institute (BFI). 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