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Series
British Film Fund Agency Committee: Minutes
Catalogue reference: BT 383
What's it about?
BT 383
This series contains the signed minutes of the British Film Fund Agency.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 383
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Film Fund Agency Committee: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the signed minutes of the British Film Fund Agency.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Film Fund Agency, 1957-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 32 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2005 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Photography and film
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry when the BFFA was wound up in 1987. They then passed to the Department of National Heritage in 1994 and subsequently to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1957 to 1987
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Full set of minutes to be transferred. This series meets the PRO's Aquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.6: Cultural Policy
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Film Fund Agency was set up in 1957 as the successor to the British Film Production Fund. Its main function was to allocate grants to British film production companies thereby encouraging the British film industry. It was abolished in 1987, when its assets were transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15721/
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