Leave plenty of time to watch the films, which are available by request on DVD.
The films, which run a minimum of 10 minutes, cost $1,000 a minute.
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Instead, only the films which featured Williams in stereotyped "coon" roles saw the light of day.
CNN International will also show the films, which is important to documentarians, who struggle to be seen overseas.
The films, which were often of inflammatory content, were kept off television but nonetheless influenced that medium tremendously.
The visitors boost the economy and the films, which feature gay cowboys eating pudding, are better than expected.
Mr. Oldenburg appears in most of the films, which were shot by Stan VanDerBeek, Al Kouzel and other artists.
The films, which have grossed more than $330m£208m8m) worldwide, also revived the career of the late David Carradine.
Many of the films, which are mostly about a half-hour long, derive from the immigrant experiences of the filmmakers.
On its Web site, bfi.org.uk, the Institute described the films, which date from the 1920s and are all silent, as "in urgent need of restoration".
