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Academic Projects and Research Work Using the Archive

Over the past two years the Archive has been working with a range of education institutions, teaching practitioners and learners on pilot projects in order to develop a Learning Strategy that will inform future practice. The scope of the Learning Strategy is wide reaching and covers formal and informal education across all levels, with details of the Archive’s plans to create opportunities for learning over the next three years, and is due for publication in April 2006.

There are a number of academic projects currently underway, working with Higher Education Institutions and partnership organisations. The University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning is at present working with the Archive to develop courses for delivery in community venues that use archive film footage as the basis for studying local history. The first such course, “Rowntree on Film” is scheduled for March 2006. The Archive is also involved in a production programme set up with the University of Huddersfield. Living History is a filmmaking project that requires students to form a production team and fulfil a brief proposed by the Yorkshire Film Archive. The brief is to research and interview members of diverse communities in the Huddersfield area and use this footage, along with archive film, to produce short documentaries that reflect on the lives of the interviewees since moving to the region. Also underway is a partnership project with the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television to create an e-learning website for teachers called Britons at War Online that supports Key Stage 2 History. The site contains photographs from the Museum’s Daily Herald collection and film of the Home Front the Yorkshire Film Archive, along with background information and suggested classroom activities.

Framing the Past

The series of 'Framing the Past' archive film screenings was a new opportunity for the Yorkshire Film Archive to work with cinema venues in Bradford, Sheffield and York and present audiences with a unique glimpse of our region's moving image history.
The project was funded through Screen Yorkshire and each programme in the series focussed on a specific theme, from early Yorkshire Pioneer Film Companies, to Newsreels, Regional Television, Home Movies, Yorkshire in Wartime and the three cities of Bradford, Sheffield and York on Film

Retrovisions – Archiving Artists Film and Video

The Yorkshire Film Archive has been investigating ways of developing support for archiving artists film and video made in the region and has recently completed a research study to assist future development.
The project has included research into UK-wide and other approaches; investigation of current practice and resources available in the region; and the commissioning of expert advice on related legal and technical aspects for YFA.