2011 Archive

Clips & Footage

Synopsis

Americana from 1900s to 1970s, British social history from 1900 to 1970s, international history, industrial films, newsreels, music and dance and funky 1970s fully rights-cleared feature films. And all that is quirky and nostalgic.

Archival highlights

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Americana from 1900s to 1970s, British social history from 1900 to 1970s, international history, industrial films, newsreels, music and dance and funky 1970s fully rights-cleared feature films. And all that is quirky and nostalgic.

Jenny Coan

Production Company:

Clips & Footage

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

For helping researchers find the perfect shots for so many projects this year. She is so passionate about working with archive. She is also committed to providing a good service for researchers, always willing to go the extra mile so they can find the clip they need.

Phil Clark

Production Company:

Assistant Producer, BBC

Country of Production:

UK

Involved Partners:

Citing: Great British Outdoors, Blackpool On Film, Paws, Claws and Videotape

Synopsis

Phil's forensic attention to detail comes with an imaginative, creative flair. He can turn his hand to any subject and the end result is always surprising, meticulous and with a sly sense of fun. His eye for the great piece of archive is unmatched. Go the extra mile? That's a given. He's always unearthing hidden gems. It's his passion and that enthusiasm translates itself into wonderful material for our programmes. Every piece he finds tells a story. His other essential skill is in negotiating the complex world of contracts and clearances. He's a hidden gem himself. He should be recognised. Caroline Wright, Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment

The Great White Silence

Production Company:

BFI

Country of Production:

UK

Involved Partners:

Commissioned by: Charles Fairall, Senior Preservation Manager, BFI | Restored by: Richard Fish, Director of Sales and Marketing, Deluexe Digital

Synopsis

A hundred years ago the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. Joining Scott on board the Terra Nova was official photographer and cinematographer Herbert Ponting, and the images that he captured have fired imaginations ever since. Ponting filmed almost every aspect of the expedition: the scientific work, life in camp and the local wildlife. He used the footage in various forms over the years and in 1924 he re-edited it into this remarkable feature, complete with explanatory maps and inter-titles and coloured with vivid tinting and toning. The BFI National Archive has been custodian of this historical document of global significance since the 1940s. It has always been our ambition to restore it fully but we lacked the means and the technology to do so until now. The coincidence of the centenary of the Scott Expedition will enable us to make partnerships with other national institutions concerned with Polar exploration and the Scott legacy to bring the restoration of Great White Silence to a much wider audience than would be usual for a silent film in the UK and abroad.

The Chaplin Keystone Project

Production Company:

Lobster Films

Country of Production:

France

Involved Partners:

Commissioned by Serge Bromberg, CEO, Lobster Films | Restoration by: Eric Lange (Lobster Films), Davide Pozzi (Cineteca di Bologna), Kieron Webb (BFI), Mike Mashon (Library of Congress, Washington), Ross Lipman (UCLA)

Synopsis

Lobster Films, Cineteca di Bologna and the British Film Institute, under the aegis of the Chaplin Estate/Association Chaplin, jointly undertook the complex project of restoring the thirty‐five short comedies that Charlie Chaplin acted in/directed between January and December 1914 at the Keystone studios. These films constitute an invaluable treasure for they were Charlie Chaplin's very first steps in cinema: in each he experimented some aspect of acting and relating to the camera ‐ bringing his British music-hall humour to film and swiftly adapting it to the Keystone's structure ‐ and film technique ‐ from fast cutting to extended takes. From the first release the public was conquered. The Tramp, the most popular figure of the slapstick cinema, was born.The Chaplin Keystone project is a perfect example of collaboration between Film archives, which took seven years. The three partners (Cineteca di Bologna, the BFI and Lobster Films) share a long history and commitment in the preservation and dissemination of Chaplin's legacy: thanks to extensive research, preservation and production work as well as to the purchase of important French and American catalogues. A complete survey of the surviving prints and elements ‐ as well as other extra‐film materials was finally made and in five years, materials were traced in over 15 different countries, both from national film archives (20) and private collectors.

Fire In Babylon

Director:

Stevan Riley

Producer(s):

John Battsek

Production Company:

Passion Pictures

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

Charting the glorious supremacy of the West Indies cricket team throughout the late 70s and 80s, this film describes how the bat and ball was more effective than gunfire in the battle against racial injustice and struggle for black rights. In a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa; race-riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean, the West Indian cricketers struck a wonderfully defiant blow at the forces of white prejudice world-wide. With Caribbean flair, fearless spirit and a thumping reggae beat, they hijacked the genteel game of the privileged elite and replayed it on their own terms. By dominating at the highest level - longer than any team in the history of sport - their symbolic declaration was clear: people of colour will not be dictated on a cricket ground or in any other field of life. Fire in Babylon' boasts dynamic archive, classic music by the likes of Bob Marley and the Wailers, Gregory Issacs and Burning Spear, and is a story that celebrates the emancipation of a people through the sport of cricket

Firebird and Other Legends with A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes in Australia

Director:

Mandy Chang

Producer(s):

Marian Latham/Lavinia Riachi

Footage Archive Researcher:

Lavinia Riachi, Marianne Latham

Archival Sources:

Australian National Film & Sound Archive, The Australian Ballet, British Pathe. Getty Images, State Museum of St Petersburg

Synopsis

The story of how one of the greatest ballet companies of the 20th Century, the celebrated Ballets Russes, came to Australia and awoke a nation, transforming the cultural landscape of conservative 30s Australia. A Thousand Encores weaves history and archival footage with a contemporary tale, following the highs and lows of creating a ballet from scratch to opening night as world-class choreographer, Graeme Murphy (Swan Lake) breathes new life into one of the most famous Ballets Russes creations - the Russian fairytale, Firebird. This documentary showcases some of the rarest archive of the Ballets Russes sourced in Australia (which holds such a treasure trove of material) and around the world. Footage and stills were sourced from both public and private collections including from Australia, UK, France, Russia, USA, Spain. The film is beautifully edited to move between contemporary performances of Ballets Russes ballets by The Australian Ballet, and footage of the original performances by the fabulous avant-garde company that thrilled audiences and transformed the cultural landscape in Australia and around the world. A Thousand Encores includes archive that even the most dedicated fans and balletomanes had never before seen.

Europa Film Treasures

Archival Sources:

Lobster Films, Deutsche Kinemathek, CNC-AFF, BFI, Det Danske Filminstitutet

Production Company:

Lobster Films

Country of Production:

France

Synopsis

EUROPA FILM TREASURES (EFT) is an entirely free access VoD Platform dedicated to heritage cinema. Coordinated by Lobster Films in Paris, it exists thanks to a partnership with 30 prestigious European film archives. The EFT website aims to show heritage cinema to the largest possible audience (it is available in five languages) and also to let know the work of the European film archives through its sub-sections (The Film, Film Archives, Documentation, Treasure Hunt). Put online on the 1st of May 2008, the website has already been visited by 1 289 708 single surfers and to date more than 17 million pages have been visited. EUROPA FILM TREASURES (EFT) is an entirely free access VoD Platform dedicated to heritage cinema. Coordinated by Lobster Films in Paris, it exists thanks to a partnership with 30 prestigious European film archives. The EFT website aims to show heritage cinema to the largest possible audience (it is available in five languages) and also to let know the work of the European film archives through its sub-sections (The Film, Film Archives, Documentation, Treasure Hunt). Put online on the 1st of May 2008, the website has already been visited by 1 289 708 single surfers and to date more than 17 million pages have been visited.

www.europafilmtreasures.eu

A Place Without People

Director:

Andreas Apostolidis

Producer(s):

Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof

Footage Archive Researcher:

Leonidas Liampeis

Archival Sources:

Kintner Collection, University of Pennsylvania, Bild Archiv OKAPIA/ Christian Grzimek, Library of Congress, NARA

Production Company:

Anemon Productions

Country of Production:

Greece

Synopsis

A film about how the local population of Tanzania has been evicted to make way for the creation of the world's most famous nature reserves.Set in the famous Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater, the film explores how the parks came to be and how western perceptions about nature radically altered both the East African landscape and society. By bringing the history of conservation in the USA and Europe together with the reality of African development, archive material is juxtaposed against the stark realities of modern African life. This material is vital in showing the broader history of conservation, whilst the film allows the competing narratives of the people who have lived alongside Africa's wildlife for generations to be heard for the first time in such a context. Moving beyond the natural history genre, the film's archive material shows how the idea 'wilderness' was created and how this frames the images and ideas we have about Africa today.

Dust

Director:

Ben Lavington Martin

Producer(s):

Hank Starrs

Footage Archive Researcher:

Ben Lavington Martin

Archival Sources:

Footagevault

Production Company:

Stylus Films

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

A technical fault leaves Astronaut Glenn Gordon, stranded and completely alone on the moon. As radio contact with earth begins to fade along with his oxygen, he begins to reflect on his life and his place in the universe. DUST has been screened and highly commended at several major International Film Festivals, including Edinburgh and Raindance. It is composed entirely of unseen NASA footage and is a unique and moving piece.

One Night In Turin

Director:

James Erskine

Producer(s):

Victoria Gregory

Archival Sources:

FIFA, ITN Source, BBC Sport, BBC Motion Gallery, BSkyB

Production Company:

New Black Films Ltd

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

One Night In Turin tells the incredible inside story of England's Italia '90 campaign. Before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, in England 'football' was a dirty word. The game was in disgrace, the fans, hooligans, the nation, it seemed were all played out. Then there was Italia '90 - The World Cup - and a shot at redemption. But this was no ordinary World and no ordinary time. The manager, Sir Bobby Robson, was under intense media scrutiny, and his team described as 'donkeys'. Yet over six short weeks, through their heroic exploits they united a nation, coming within a heart beat of reaching the World Cup Final. Narrated by Gary Oldman, featuring match action, from Platt's last-gasp winner against Belgium, to the silky skills of Gazza and the cool finishing of Linekar - and previously unseen archive footage, this is the definitive story of England's greatest footballing adventure on foreign soil...so far. One Night In Turin is a documentary film that principally draws on archive footage both seen and unseen from the period. Because it is a documentary and the characters are real people it was essential to the emotional impact of the film that real footage was used and indeed this is the appeal. Around 70% of the final picture is either from private or commercial archive sources and 30% is specially shot re-creation to augment the archive in a ground breaking way. The production made a conscious editorial decision to only using material shot at the time therefore maintaining the narrative and the audiences feeling of watching it in the moment, this could not have been done without the archive material/sources.

Arena: Johnny Mercer - The Dream's On Me

Director:

Bruce Ricker, Anthony Wall

Producer(s):

Bruce Ricker, Clint Eastwood (Executive Producer), Anthony Wall (Executive Producer)

Footage Archive Researcher:

Andrew Wright

Archival Sources:

BBC Motion Gallery, Warner Bros Entertainment Inc & Turner Entertainment Co, Research Video Inc, Historic Films, CBS News Archives

Production Company:

BBC Arena/Rhapsody Productions Co-production

Country of Production:

UK / USA

Synopsis

Arena: Johnny Mercer - The Dream's On Me tells the story of one of America's greatest songwriters and examines the enduring legacy of his songs.As well as countless hits, he wrote blockbuster musicals, Broadway shows and the themes for Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses, both of which won him one of his many Oscars. He co-founded Capitol Records in 1942 and signed Peggy Lee, Nat "King" Cole, Stan Kenton and his former boss Paul Whiteman. Mercer's career stretches from the 'twenties and the beginnings of recorded jazz to the 'seventies. As Clint Eastwood observes, "Mercer may not be a household name today but his songs are like the air that we breathe, they're part of everyone. We were pleased to be invited to submit the film. Johnny Mercer lived an exceptionally rich and various life which provided the opportunity to draw on archive material from an unusually wide range of subjects and sources. The interplay between the contemporary filming and the archive material is the essence of the film's narrative and atmosphere, evoking the fascinating life and times of Johnny Mercer.

Cinema Komunisto

Director:

Mila Turajlic

Producer(s):

Dragan Pesikan

Footage Archive Researcher:

Mila Turajlic

Archival Sources:

Filmske Novosti - Yugoslav Newsreels, Jugoslovenska Kinoteka - Yugoslav Cinemateque, Radio Television Serbia, INA, British Pathe

Production Company:

Dribbling Pictures

Country of Production:

Yugoslavia

Synopsis

Using rare footage from dozens of forgotten Yugoslav films, as well as never-seen-before archive from film sets and Tito's private screenings, the documentary recreates the narrative of a country, the stories told on screen and the ones hidden behind it. Stars such as Richard Burton, Sofia Loren and Orson Welles add a touch of glamour to the national effort, appearing in super-productions financed by the state. Tito's favorite film director, his projectionist who showed him films every night for 30 years, the most famous actor of partisan films, and the director of the film studios with secret police connections and all tell how the history of Yugoslavia was constructed on the screen. Cinema Komunisto uses archive in an innovative way, by using clips researched from over 300 feature (fiction) films to recreate the history of Yugoslavia, and examine how it was told on screen. Four years of research went into discovering never-seen-before archive that take us behind the scenes of Yugoslavia's film industry. The innovative use of archive and film clips creates a new way of seeing the material, and a dialogue between the interviews, the past and present. For the first time, archive from the Yugoslav Newsreels was digitally scanned and restored for this film, providing a precious look into a country that no longer exists.

The Great British Outdoors

Director:

Elaine Shepherd

Producer(s):

Elaine Shepherd

Footage Archive Researcher:

Phil Clark

Archival Sources:

BFI National Archive, British Movietonews, British Pathe, Huntley Film Archive, Manx National Archives

Production Company:

BBC Entertainment

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

The fourth in an occasional series for BBC Four. Featuring pure archive with Mark Benton's comedy voice over celebrating the British love affair with the outdoor life. From camping to potholing and all points in between. This programme featured wall-to-wall archive from a large number of disparate sources. Given the format of the programme, the archive needed to be the chief driving force so each piece had to tell a story of some sort to either support the comedy or drive the narrative onwards. The comedy is borne out of the footage supplied and it's up to that footage to set the whole tone of the piece.

Reel Injun

Director:

Neil Diamond

Producer(s):

Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick, Ernest Webb, Adam Symansky, Ravida Din, Catherine Olsen

Footage Archive Researcher:

Elizabeth Klinck, Laura Blaney

Archival Sources:

Prelinguer Archives, Getty Images, BBC Motion Gallery, ABC, 20th Century Fox

Production Company:

Rezolution Pictures International, Inc

Country of Production:

Canada

Synopsis

Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema.Travelling through the heartland of America, Diamond looks at how the myth of "the Injun" has influenced the world's understanding and misunderstanding of Natives. With clips from hundreds of films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today. Directed by Quebec/Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond, this Rezolution/NFB co-production plays an historic role in presenting, for the first time, the true face of Canadian Aboriginal and Native American peoples in the movies. Taking audiences behind the stereotypes of the Hollywood "Injun" and the images they have created of aboriginal people in Canada and around the world. It does so in an entertaining and highly accessible way, presenting Natives in cinema in their own words, while hearing from leading Aboriginal historians and activists, and with clips from hundreds of classic and recent Hollywood movies.

Premiere Passion

Director:

Philippe Baron

Producer(s):

Jean-Frans Le Corre

Production Company:

Vivement Lundi !

Country of Production:

France

Synopsis

The first-ever feature film based on the Gospels, From the Manger to the Cross, was shot in Palestine in 1912. Throughout investigations leading to New York City, Nantes and Jerusalem, Premiere Passion digs out the story of this historic shooting, back in early twentieth century Palestine.While casting a closer look upon this cinematographical epic on Jesus Christ, this documentary takes one on a journey back to the origins of cinema, questioning the connections between image and religion. Premiere Passion tells the extraordinary story of "From the Manger to the Cross" shot by Sidney Olcott in 1912. Our documentary is composed by more than ¼ footage, mostly provided by Lobster Films, the coproducer. And we believe that our film fits to the spirit of Focal.It was screened at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone last October, and David Robinson wrote: « Here is rarity, a vivid and gripping story matched with real scholarship

Dissidents

Director:

Ruth Zylberman

Producer(s):

Paul Rozenberg

Footage Archive Researcher:

Marie-Hélène Barbéris

Production Company:

Zadig Productions

Country of Production:

France

Synopsis

This photograph was taken one year before the fall of the Berlin wall, during a clandestine meeting in a undisclosed location deep in the woods, at the border between Poland and Czechoslovakia. Among those who attended this meeting, Czech and Polish political opponents to the communist regimes ruling their countries. The members of this "generation of democratic conspiracy were called dissidents. Number of archives that I can qualify as extraordinary. I do not pretend that these archives have never been viewed. Some images of the Polish secret police (UB) showing some of the dissidents being tailed have already been shown on Polish television; the same applies to other Czech archives showing the interception of a van transporting underground literature: one can see the van being completely disassembled, as well as the interrogatory of the 'smugglers'. But the idea of editing these images and gathering them in the same film is absolutely exciting and I'm sure will attest, as it is rarely the case, of this atmosphere of repression against which the dissidents have had to fight.