Film registrations 1945-1985: total and British

Registration was required under the Cinematograph Films Acts from 1927. Registration ended on 23 May 1985.

	Total			British
	>72 mins	33.3-72 mins	<33.3 mins	>72 mins	33.3-72 mins	<33.3 mins
1945	231	219	469	40	36	174
1946	225	244	581	39	61	181
1947	238	244	606	48	58	247
1948	285	208	584	68	101	266
1949	329	227	759	77	53	258
1950	382	202	762	74	49	238
1951	369	213	727	67	47	229
1952	408	170	767	79	42	315
1953	383	157	687	86	46	312
1954	359	171	705	93	51	301
1955	350	131	626	82	40	310
1956	370	115	590	81	29	260
1957	421	118	522	96	33	245
1958	371	143	406	89	35	229
1959	326	107	465	80	43	300
1960	333	111	460	79	44	285
1961	347	89	388	77	43	236
1962	319	87	377	71	45	201
1963	315	76	455	72	39	231
1964	306	49	347	70	29	216
1965	302	45	393	69	22	227
1966	329	44	419	70	16	186
1967	302	35	392	70	13	236
1968	360	33	302	71	17	175
1969	365	36	209	71	14	104
1970	360	25	169	85	11	108
1971	386	32	131	90	13	84
1972	386	43	126	89	23	89
1973	380	26	137	80	13	92
1974	402	:	:	78	14	72
1975	341	:	:	69	13	69
1976	338	:	:	64	10	74
1977	318	29	92	42	16	64
1978	286	23	84	50	8	72
1979	274	36	104	40	16	85
1980	257	32	82	41	16	66
1981	252	26	85	32	9	73
1982	218	23	65	29	4	50
1983	255	10	85	36	3	49
1984	272	8	45	37	3	26
1985	114	5	14	18	1	7

Source: Board of Trade/Department of Trade and Industry

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