British Cinema History
History of British Cinema
A route through more than a century of British filmmaking: pioneers, studios, institutions, wartime documentary, television, independent production and changing relationships with Hollywood.
Read the original historyFrom the archive
A History of British Film
The original multi-part history, preserved at its established URLs.
World War II
The archive's chapter on British film during the Second World War.
The Renaissance of the 1980s
A substantial original essay on British cinema's 1980s revival.
Film on Four
A multi-chapter historical study of Channel 4's film production and its context.
Early British Comedy
Silent-era performers, studios, surviving evidence and international competition.
Humphrey Jennings
Critical material on a central figure in British documentary cinema.