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The British National Films Company was formed in England in 1934 by J. Arthur Rank, Lady Annie Henrietta Yule of Bricket Wood, and producer John Corfield.
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This is a list of films released by the British studio British National Films between 1935 and 1948. The company was financially backed by Lady Yule, and during the 1940s production was overseen by John Baxter and subsequently by Louis H. Jackson.
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The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren.
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Rank decided to take on this challenge with the film producer, John Corfield, and Lady Henrietta Yule of Bricket Wood. They formed the British National Films Company and began producing films, with the first, 'Turn of the Tide', released in 1935.
