The collection

Selected films

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Access and Facilities:

Screen Archive South East is committed to providing free public access to the collection for educational, heritage and community use.

• Catalogue - The archive's online catalogue - Screen Search - contains over 700 film records, over 100 film clips and over 250 stills. The resource also combines extensive background information on the films and links to reference resources around the region and the UK. The catalogue will continue to grow with more records being added regularly.
  The archive's in-house database contains records for 3,000 films in the collection of which over 2,000 are available for viewing.

  New ‘Screen Search Fashion’ website:

• http://www.brighton.ac.uk/screenarchive/fashion/
• A new website featuring fashion on film in the 1920s and 1930s has been launched. Follow the link to find out more.

• Searching - Alongside the online catalogue, the archive's offices at Brighton University provides access to viewing copies of its collection and a detailed database of its holdings. To research the archive's collection, academic researchers should e-mail their query to the archive stating who they are, what they are looking for, and reasons for wanting to use the archive collection. Archive staff can then discuss requirements and search the database on their behalf. Alternatively, users can make an appointment to search the archive database with help from staff. Appointments can then be made to view any relevant films.
• Viewing - Items from the collection can generally be viewed on VHS in a separate viewing room at the archive's offices at the University of Brighton. All viewing must be booked in advance. A selection of clips from the archive's collection can be also viewed online on the Screen Archive's online resorce: Screen Search. Additional selections of the archives holdings are on display at a number of museums and archives in the region, including Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Hove Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton Fishing Museum, the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone, the University of Kent Library at Canterbury, the Surrey History Centre at Woking and Elmbridge Museum. Please contact the archive for further details of these sites.
• Charges – The archive does not make any charges to academic users for researching and viewing archive material. Nominal charges may be incurred where copying and or postage are required. Please contact the archive for details.