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Freeze frame: the BFI's Master Film Store

By 2011-09-16T00:00:00

BFI

锘縏he Master Film Store, the world鈥檚 largest nitrate storage facility, will hold 450,000 canisters of film heritage. But as a nitrate fire is almost impossible to extinguish, the building had to incorporate some rather extraordinary design features. Ike Ijeh swaps his popcorn for sub-zero temperatures

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