Become an Archive time traveller

The University of Teesside has a vault housing an Archive of TV and film footage spanning more than 90 years. Members of the public are invited next week to come along and view excerpts from the Archive and think about what potential archive material they have at home.

The event, entitled ‘The Archive and you’, will take place at the Constantine Cinema, Constantine Building, off Borough Road at the University on Wednesday 18 January from 5.30pm-7pm. Extracts will be screened from the Archive, and Brian Barker, Film Archive Access Officer will describe the Archive and how to use it.

Carol Cooke, Cultural & Creative Industries Development Manager at the University of Teesside said: “We are hoping that people will come along and tell us about their own archive material. If you have some old footage of your own, then either bring it along or tell us about it. You can book a place or just come along on the day.”

To book a place please call 01642 340612 or email open.road@bbc.co.uk

The Northern Region Film and Television Archive (NRFTA) collection is a consortium of partners; the University of Teesside, Gateshead Council through Tyne & Wear Archive Services and Trade Films. It is supported by the BBC, Tyne Tees, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Northern Film and Media.

The Archive’s earliest footage dates back to 1913, showing an English league football match with the Sunderland team. There are also:

• colour home movies dating back to the 1930s
• regional news and current affairs programmes from the late 1950s to the 1980s

The Archive’s building has special temperature and humidity controls to protect older film reels and is attached to the University's new cinema where archive screenings take place. The Archive is used by commercial clients, academic researchers and members of the public.

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