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

Browse Films by Theme

The selection of over 100 film and television clips which can be viewed on this site, represent a small sample of the vast collections held in the UK's twelve public sector moving image archives. These clips can be browsed by archive or by theme.

Browse by THEME
Click on the themes listed on the left menu to browse clips by theme. The themes listed here represent some of the strong subject elements that run through many of the collections.

Browse by ARCHIVE
Click here to browse clips by Archive. Up to ten film clips, each around 60 seconds long, have been selected from each of the archive collections illustrated on the site.

Info on HOW TO VIEW THE CLIPS
Click here for help and information on viewing the clips. Before trying to play the clips you may find it helpful to read our notes on how to play the streeming video files.

Trailer
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The UK's moving image archive collections contain moving image material dating from the birth of film in 1895 to the present day and cover a wide range of subjects relating to lives and interests of British people and the history and landscape of Britain itself. The kinds of films you can expect to find in the public sector moving image archives, and in the regional collections in particular, often includes material that captures aspects of Britain's social history rarely found in other sources. The themes and the related films have been selected for this guide in co-operation with the participating archives.

Production Types
Click here to read more about the different types of films held in the archives, such as amateur films, corporate and promotional films, 'local topical' films, newsreels amongst others.

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