They are arranged by country. All are for 3 day loan only. Facilities for viewing within the library are found on Floor 4. Please not that some films are not in UK format and will not work on your home video machine. Triple standard machines which play UK, US and Eurorean formats are available on Floor 4.
Newspapers provide a useful source of film reviews.
They go back ot 1988. Newspaper resources before that are on microfilm, again on the Ground Floor. The only current bibliography for film studies. An international site devoted to the study of film and television with journal articles, reference works, bibliographies and links. Probably the most comprehensive database of factual information about films - who starred, directed, the plots etc.