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Inside the Archive #36: From Manchester to The Hague

This week digital preservation and collection management techniques take centre stage as colleagues report back from two recent conferences.

By Caitlin Lynch and Tom Wilson

Inside the Archive #36: From Manchester to The Hague
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Alex Cox, Nick Freand Jones and Tornado director John Maclean talk to Samira Ahmed about an influential and inspirational series that brought a huge range of "cult" cinema into peoples' homes.

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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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Screen Culture 2033

Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.

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