The BFI's largest funding source is public money via the UK Film Council given to it by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In 2007, this amounted to approximately £16m.
The second largest is commercial activity such as ticket sales at the BFI London IMAX.
Thirdly, grants and sponsorship, including National Lottery funding grants and private sponsors.
As this is the case surely the taxpayer should have the right to watch these films on Youtube or am I wrong in this thought.
@philcald Unfortunately you are wrong, BFI still own the copyright. Personally I think all BBC and BFI programmes should be owned by the public due to the large input of the publics money...
Britain shows the world how to move then messes it up. Same with sport.. london would be richer place with trams and the tube would not be so crowded.
It seems that future new tramway projects were scrapped as being not cost effective back in 2005 by a one Alistair Darling and some bloke called Derek Twigg. This after some lobbying by bus operators.
London should at least keep a couple of tramlines to allow the following generations to have an idea what a tram is, and how their grandparents got around in town during the golden days.
Amazing, yes. In my hometown, Breda in Holland, the same sort of progress could be witnessed. On the other hand, there are examples of tramways that do not seem to uplift the general image of a town, like Zürich in Switzerland. Strasbourg, too, looks a little odd and spacy. So there' two sides to the question, I guess.
the reason they craped the trams was simple! the goverment of the day decided that trams would have to PAY road fund licence(about 25 pounds per tram)an odd idea as trams did not use the damm road! they ran on rails!
This is amazing footage. London is certainly poorer without its trams. 5 decades later everybody agrees they are one of the future's best alternative means of transportation: non-poluting and always on schedule!
It was called "progress". And not all tramways were scrapped, Blackpool survived. The only one until tram revival in the 90´s in Manchester, Sheffield and Croydon.
A clip from one of my all time favourite films. Question, does anyone know why Londons trams kept their headlight blackout hoods right to the last. Other systems removed theirs, i have always found that a puzzler.
This is a clip from British Transport Film's most popular title "The Elephant Will Never Forget." Buy it at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden
look at all the beautiful people there. now look at fucking britian.
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tanker0wns1 3 months ago
The BFI's largest funding source is public money via the UK Film Council given to it by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In 2007, this amounted to approximately £16m.
The second largest is commercial activity such as ticket sales at the BFI London IMAX.
Thirdly, grants and sponsorship, including National Lottery funding grants and private sponsors.
As this is the case surely the taxpayer should have the right to watch these films on Youtube or am I wrong in this thought.
philcald 1 year ago 2
@philcald Unfortunately you are wrong, BFI still own the copyright. Personally I think all BBC and BFI programmes should be owned by the public due to the large input of the publics money...
01276 1 year ago
Britain shows the world how to move then messes it up. Same with sport.. london would be richer place with trams and the tube would not be so crowded.
petrolhead28 1 year ago
This makes me feel old - I travelled on a tram in 1951 while up for the Motor Show in Earls Court.
I particularly remember where the track dived down to below street level,
DADRENO 2 years ago
It seems that future new tramway projects were scrapped as being not cost effective back in 2005 by a one Alistair Darling and some bloke called Derek Twigg. This after some lobbying by bus operators.
TheDepotCat 2 years ago
First music ,now BTF films removed from You Tube soon there wont be anything left !!
jeanniedee 2 years ago
London should at least keep a couple of tramlines to allow the following generations to have an idea what a tram is, and how their grandparents got around in town during the golden days.
jemdude22 3 years ago
Amazing, yes. In my hometown, Breda in Holland, the same sort of progress could be witnessed. On the other hand, there are examples of tramways that do not seem to uplift the general image of a town, like Zürich in Switzerland. Strasbourg, too, looks a little odd and spacy. So there' two sides to the question, I guess.
michaellauri 3 years ago
the reason they craped the trams was simple! the goverment of the day decided that trams would have to PAY road fund licence(about 25 pounds per tram)an odd idea as trams did not use the damm road! they ran on rails!
grahamkeithtodd 3 years ago 4
'all in the name of progress' APPARENTLY
theothertrainee 3 years ago
This is amazing footage. London is certainly poorer without its trams. 5 decades later everybody agrees they are one of the future's best alternative means of transportation: non-poluting and always on schedule!
LisbonTrams 3 years ago 7
It was called "progress". And not all tramways were scrapped, Blackpool survived. The only one until tram revival in the 90´s in Manchester, Sheffield and Croydon.
tgva325 3 years ago
A clip from one of my all time favourite films. Question, does anyone know why Londons trams kept their headlight blackout hoods right to the last. Other systems removed theirs, i have always found that a puzzler.
baldgit646 4 years ago
I suppose there aren't any clips of the blue trams that used to go under the subway in Kingsway to the Embankment? Now that would be a scoop!
glengillo 4 years ago
Great clip. Thank you for sharing.
JamesMorganLondon 4 years ago
This is a clip from British Transport Film's most popular title "The Elephant Will Never Forget." Buy it at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden
A60stock 4 years ago
Yes, along with all the other tramway and trolleybus operators- the UK, the country that junked its transport infrastructure wholesale to be trendy.
NickRatnieks 4 years ago
yes.very poor judgement
twoslices 4 years ago
the worst possible mistake they ever made
heathirving 5 years ago