The collection

Selected films

Contact and access

Screen Archive South East

Contact Details and Access:

Head of Archive:

name: Frank Gray
post title: Director

Enquiries contact details:

name: Jane King
post title: Senior Administrator
email: screenarchive@brighton.ac.uk
phone: 01273 643213
fax: 01273 643214
address:
Screen Archive South East
Office and Access
University of Brighton
Grand Parade
Brighton, BN2 0JY

website: www.brighton.ac.uk/screenarchive
catalogue: online catalogue of selected films from the archive at: www.brighton.ac.uk/screensearch

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 film records, clips and stills from the archive. The resource also combines extensive background information on the films and links to reference resources around the region and the UK.

• The archive also has online resources for teaching and learning, including:

Screen Search Fashion - an online resource providing a thematic guide to aspects of 1920s and 1930s fashion and dress as depicted in film from Screen Archive South East’s collections.

Whitehawk Primary School on the Home Front - featuring work created by children from Whitehawk Primary School as they learned about the Second World War on the home front

Medway on Screen - community history project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, offering unique reflections on life and work in Medway and West Kent in the 20th century

• 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. Researchers should e-mail their query to the archive. Staff can then discuss requirements and search the database on their behalf. Appointments can then be made to view any relevant films.

• Viewing - Items from the collection can be viewed 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.