Film studies, cultural studies, modern British history, politics

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of History, Queen Mary, University of London
Christophe Dupin; Senior Administrator, International Federation of Film Archives in Brussels

Editors' Introduction
1. Foundation and early years - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
2. Post-War Renaissance - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
3. 'Je t'aime - moi non plus': Ernest Lindgren and Henri Langlois - Christophe Dupin
4. The BFI and Film Exhibition, 1933-70 - Christophe Dupin
5. The Vanguard of film Appreciation: the Film Society movement and film Culture, 1945-65 - Richard MacDonald
6. From the 1964 Labour government to the 1970 BFI Crisis - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
7. The view from the regions - Melanie Selfe
8. Paddy Whannel and BFI Education - Terry Bolas
9. The 1970s - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
10. The Smith years - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
11. The BFI and film production: half a century of innovative independent film-making - Christophe Dupin
12. The BFI and television - Richard Paterson
13. The Sight and Sound story - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
14. A public showcase for the BFI: the Museum of the Moving Image - Lorraine Blakemore
15. Towards the Millennium - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
16. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index