§ 249 — Films depicting historical events

249.—(1) This section applies where —(a)

the visual images of a film consist wholly or mainly of images that, when they were first embodied in an article or a thing, were means of communicating news; and

(b)

50 years have passed since the end of the year during which the main events depicted in the film occurred.

(2) It is a permitted use to —(a)

cause the visual images of the film to be seen in public;

(b)

cause any sounds of the film to be heard in public; or

(c)

do both of those acts.

—(1) This section applies where —(a)

the visual images of a film consist wholly or mainly of images that, when they were first embodied in an article or a thing, were means of communicating news; and

(b)

50 years have passed since the end of the year during which the main events depicted in the film occurred.

(2) It is a permitted use to —(a)

cause the visual images of the film to be seen in public;

(b)

cause any sounds of the film to be heard in public; or

(c)

do both of those acts.