BBC North West regional news and documentary film 1966-1985: preservation and research access
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Grant Holder:
Marion Hewitt
A total of 687 regional programmes and nearly 1,000 (selected from over 15,000) news stories have been transferred from 16mm film originals to DigiBeta tape and DVD - making over 220 hours of material newly accessible. Anyone can view here at the North West Film Archive or material can be loaned to HE users on DVD for study elsewhere. Of the 16,000 stories in the BBC collection, around 1,600 (10%) have been transferred, and 160 (1%) have a brief sample clip attached. This enhanced resource will appeal to researchers across several disciplines: social/economic/political history, cultural geography, cultural studies, the history of art/design/architecture, as well as film, television, communications and media studies. It will contribute to a wider visual history of the regions and provide an important regional alternative to broader narratives of British TV history.
| Project start date: 2005-04 | Project end date: 2008-03 |
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Funding sources:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Digital resource created:
Online catalogues of the BBC NW collection holdings and sample clips of some content.
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| Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Principal staff member: | Marion Hewitt |
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| Author(s) of record | Marion Hewitt |
| Title | BBC North West regional news and documentary film 1966-1985: preservation and research access |
| Record created | 2010-06-22 |
| Record updated | 2011-03-25 10:41 |
| URL of record | http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3895 |
| Citation of record | Marion Hewitt: BBC North West regional news and documentary film 1966-1985: preservation and research access. <http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3895> created: 2010-06-22, last updated 2011-03-25 10:41 |