What do you get when you cross The National Archives, The British Film Institute, English Heritage and the technology available to the South East Grid for Learning (SEGfL)? Answer - an amazing resource called Unlocking Archives. The introductory film at http://unlockingarchives.nen.gov.uk/introduction/ explains what this combination brings to learning far better than I can.

Unlocking Archives is an exciting collaboration between The National Archives, British Film Institute (BFI), English Heritage and the South East Grid for Learning that pulls together archive photographs, film extracts and documents to provide a rich online resource for the History and Citizenship classrooms at key stages 2, 3 and 4.

The National Archives holds 1000 years of history from the Domesday Book to the present, with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to recently created digital files and archived websites. Increasingly, these records are being put online, making them universally accessible.

The British Film Institute brings Screenonline its free and unparalleled online guide to British film and television from the 1890s to the present day, containing more than 3000 (and counting) film and television titles.

English Heritage gives The Heritage Explorer website giving teachers and learners free access to over 360,000 images, plus teaching and learning activities, interactives and whiteboard resources.

South East Grid for Learning is a Regional Broadband Consortium and a National Education Network (NEN) Provider, driving pilot broadband projects and helping schools make the very best use of new communications technologies.