BFI premieres archive footage on Samsung’s Smart TV app
The British Film Institute has released a raft of previously unseen footage to the public after supplying a range of exclusive material for Samsung’s Smart TV app.
Highlights of the haul include a screen test by Audrey Hepburn and a collection from early film pioneers Mitchell and Kenyon, all of which are collated across seven separate web channels.
Only available on Samsung interconnected televisions it will also include a section curated by experts at the BFI National Archive called Treasures from the Archive.
These include early clips of Edwardian life including holiday makers on Blackpool’s Victoria Pier in 1904 and a Punch and Judy show in Halifax from 1901.
More recent content is also provided, including early work from Ridley Scott, Shane Meadows, Derek Jarman and Ken Russell, alongside early performances from actors including Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton and Sean Bean.