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National Film and Television School (a.k.a. Beaconsfield Studios) (Beaconsfield)

United Kingdom / England / Beaconsfield
 film/video production studio/facility, television studio, film school

Located on the site of Beaconsfield Studios.

The National Film School (as it was first named) opened in 1971, the culmination of four years of planning to create an institution to train new talent for the British film industry. Concerned that the UK was being left behind by Europe and the USA, where formal training for filmmakers was already well-established, the Department of Education and Science had in 1967 recommended the creation of a national film school for the UK, and in 1969 an inquiry led by Lord Lloyd of Hampstead began to develop the recommendation into concrete plans.

The Studios were built in 1921 by George Clark Productions who moved from Soho to get away from the smog. The first production was a two-reeler comedy, The Beauty and the Beast written, directed and starring Guy Newall. Various productions followed until 1924 when all British studios went quiet. The finger of blame was pointed at the Americans for dumping their films on Britain; a quota was called for and in 1928 the Films Bill limited foreign films to 22.5% of the market. There was a rush of production activity and among new start-ups was The British Lion Film Corporation Ltd., with Edgar Wallace, the prolific thriller writer, as Chairman. As Wallace lived down the road in Bourne End, the company purchased Beaconsfield Film Studios.
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Coordinates:   51°36'19"N   -0°38'14"E
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