Catalogue description British Film Fund Agency Committee: Minutes
Reference: | BT 383 |
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Title: | British Film Fund Agency Committee: Minutes |
Description: |
This series contains the signed minutes of the British Film Fund Agency. |
Date: | 1957-1986 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
British Film Fund Agency, 1957-1987 |
Physical description: | 32 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2005 Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
Custodial history: | 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. |
Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1957 to 1987 |
Selection and destruction information: | Full set of minutes to be transferred. This series meets the PRO's Aquisition Policy theme 2.2.1.6: Cultural Policy |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Administrative / biographical background: |
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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