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DERBY COMMUNITY MEDIA ARCHIVE
The Community Media Archive has been developed through support from EMMedia, the Skills Funding Agency and MACE, and hosts an archive channel of community media from the region to search and view in addition to a user message board and upload toolkits. The site also has a vocations resource with information, resources and toolkits to support training and development within the creative and media industries.
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NEWS: FULL CIRCLE ARCHIVE PROJECT
Full Circle is a regional project run by MACE [Media Archive of Central England] supporting local groups to research and collate archive footage in their towns and cities.
Film City have developed a Full Circle group through the Derby Living Histories Project.
Link to FULL CIRCLE PROJECT run by MACE
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NEWS: POST-WW2 STORIES SOUGHT
The producers of a forthcoming documentary feature film about life in Britain after the Second World War are looking for stories from the general public to contribute to the research and development of the film.
Individuals, groups and communities can contribute their stories, memories and personal archives of this important time in Britain’s history through a specially built WEBSITE.
FIND OUT MORE
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NEWS: ARCHIVE FILM ON THE BBC
The series Reel History follows Melvyn Bragg as he meets real people as they recount fascinating and surprising stories about how life in Britain used to be, as told through the moving reels of the British Film Institute’s and regional archive collections.
The series will be broadcast in the Autumn with twenty half hour episodes.
This is when we can use the interest generated by the programmes to direct viewers to the resources and activities in their area.
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NEWS: NEW ARCHIVE FOOTAGE UNEARTHED
The Full Circle project has made some great new discoveries, including
Coronation Day 1953,
Sutton on Sea in 1938, home movie of fairground rides,
a new film collection recently deposited with us,
rare footage of Belper Town Football matches dating from 1950s,
some rare film found in Glossop,
a new post on the blog about Derbyshire filmmaker Yvonne Hithersay including film about
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football match, John Watts - violin maker, the mule society, the route of Bonnie Prince Charlie from Derby and much much more ...
FIND OUT MORE
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LINKS: USEFUL ARCHIVING TOOLS
DIGITAL ARCHIVING FOR FILM-MAKERS [studiodaily]
CREATING FILMS WITH ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
[BFI/First Light]
GUIDE TO USING YOUR LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARY
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LINKS: USEFUL WEBSITES
DERBY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Linked together people researching their family history in Derbyshire.
MEDIA ARCHIVE of CENTRAL ENGLAND
The public sector moving image archive for the midlands.
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