Film registrations 1929-1934

Registration was required under the Cinematograph Films Acts from 1927. Almost immediately the process of transition to sound began.
These data show how quickly silent films disappeared completely from distribution.

	Long films			Short films
	silent	sound	two versions	silent	sound	two versions
1929-30	193	152	257	357	621	87
1930-31	124	454	103	155	816	87
1931-32	20	595	3	3	953	21
1932-33	2	641	—	—	884	—
1933-34	—	679	—	—	707	—

Source: S[imon] Rowson: 'Value of Remittances Abroad for Cinematograph Films' in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Part IV, 1934. Quoted in Britain in Depression: A record of British industries since 1929 Prepared by a Research Committee of the Economic Science and Statistics Section of the British Association. London: Isaac Pitman, 1934

Film registrations 1945-1985

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