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It holds over 800,000 film titles – including television programmes, documentaries, newsreels, as well as educational and training films – and is updated daily. However, less than 50% of listed titles are actually represented in our collections, therefore the database only partially relates to physical material. <p/> <br /> <P> <a id="AisMainContent_HyperLink2" href="web/search/simple" style="color:Blue;">Search the database</a> </P> <br/> <b>Understanding your search results</b> <br/> <br/> These symbols on search results indicate materials held in the BFI collections. <br/> <br/> <!-- <img id="AisMainContent_white" src="web/Content/Images/film-strip.png" /> or --> <img id="AisMainContent_sepia" src="web/Content/Images/folders/film-camera.png" /> film or video materials held in the BFI National Archive <br/> <br/> <!-- <img id="AisMainContent_ticklarger" src="web/Content/Images/film-strip-tick-larger.png" /> or  <img id="AisMainContent_sepiatickwhite" src="web/Content/Images/film-strip-sepia-tick-white.png" /> or  <img id="AisMainContent_sepiatick" src="web/Content/Images/film-strip-sepia-tick.png" /> or  <img id="AisMainContent_sepiaviewing" src="web/Content/Images/film-strip-sepia-viewing.png" /> film and video materials - without access restrictions - held in the <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections" target="_blank" style="color:Blue;">BFI National Archive</a> <br/> <br/> --> <img id="AisMainContent_article" src="web/Content/Images/ais-article.gif" /> articles held in the BFI Reuben Library <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_book" src="web/Content/Images/ais-book.gif" /> books held in the BFI Reuben Library <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_archive" src="web/Content/Images/ais-archive.gif" /> scripts, documents and ephemera held in BFI Special Collections <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_noitems" src="web/Content/Images/film-camera-circle.png" /> on the right of a record - indicates that <b>no</b> film or video materials are held in the BFI National Archive <br/> <br/> This symbol on search results indicates that the work has been published on one of the BFI's platforms or released on DVD or Blu-ray <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_mediatheque" src="web/Content/Images/mediatheque.png" /> viewable at BFI Southbank Mediatheque <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_Image1" src="web/Content/Images/bfi-logo-black.png" /> publication on BFI platform / release <br/> <br/> <br/> These symbols on search results indicate <b>digital</b> resources available to view in the web interface. <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_clapperboard" src="web/Content/Images/clapperboard.png" /> digital moving image <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_camera" src="web/Content/Images/camera.png" /> digital image of photographic still <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_palette" src="web/Content/Images/palette-and-brush.png" /> digital image of poster or design <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_pdf" src="web/Content/Images/pdf.png" /> pdf document of press cutting or bfi southbank programme notes <br/> <br/> <br/> This symbol on search results indicates that the work is available to license from BFI footage sales. <br/> <br/> <img id="AisMainContent_contract" src="web/Content/Images/contract-red.png" /> available from BFI footage sales <br/> <br/> <b>Disclaimer</b> <br/> <br/> The information reflects the cultural and programming activities of the BFI and has been collected from a variety of sources; it therefore includes historical data that reflects the time in which it was written. 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