Moving History - a guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector

 

 

 
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
Moving History - images from the collections
 

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Moving History - A research guide to the United Kingdom’s twelve public sector moving image archives. Presenting detailed information and clips from these fascinating and valuable film and television collections. Follow the links above to find out more about the archives and browse over 100 selected film clips from their collections.

News: Film Archives UK
In Autumn 2011 the 'Film Archive Forum' is being relaunched as Film Archives UK.
Film Archives UK represents the UK's public sector film and television archives.Please visit the developing Film Archives UK website to find out more.

 

 
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Bonfire at Ordsall (1968-1969) Bonfire at Ordsall
1960s amateur footage shot in and around Croal House elderly people's flats in north Manchester. The film features various scenes including children on bonfire night in Ordsall. North West Film Archive...

 

 

A still from 'Films from the Home Front' siteFilms from the Home Front
Visit this part of the Moving History site which brings together a unique collection of films illustrating life in Britain during the Second World War. The site also features the Screen Archive South East project
'Whitehawk Primary School on the Home Front',

 

 

 

Map of the British Isles with the locations of the regional archives shown

Northern Ireland Wessex Film and Sound Archive Screen Archive South East East Anglian Film Archive The South West Film and Television Archive Media Archive for Central England North West Film Archive Yorkshire Film Archive Northern Region Film and Television Archive Imperial War Museum Film Archive bfi National Film and Television Archive Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales Northern Ireland Scottish Screen archive

 

 

The Moving History website was developed with funding from:

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