The British Film Catalogue 1895–1970 is a single-volume reference book compiled by Denis Gifford (1927–2000) over a period of 20 years. It lists every film made in Britain for public entertainment. For each of more than 14,000 consecutively-numbered chronological title entries, information listed includes major credits (director, producer, writer, original author), production company, distributor, actors and actresses, role names, running time, censors’ certificate, genre and a brief plot.
It has an alphabetical index cross-referencing each title to its chronological number.
In order to compile the entries, Gifford pored through back copies of trade newspapers, looking at every advertisement; and tracking down directors who had retired years before.
The British Film Catalogue 1895–1970 (1973); David & Charles ISBN 0 7153 5572 4. A later edition covered 1895–1985.