The Film Archive Forum

The UK's public sector moving archives are all actively involved in education work: in schools, further and higher education, and life-long learning. Below are listed education/access links, web resources and downloadable publications produced by various Film Archive Forum members.

Education and Access pages from Film Archive Forum members

BFI National Archive
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/
East Anglian Film Archive
http://www.uea.ac.uk/eafa/
Imperial War Museum Film & Video Archive
http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1248
National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales
http://screenandsound.llgc.org.uk/013.htm
Northern Region Film and Television Archive
http://www.nrfta.org.uk/access_private.html
North West Film Archive
http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/using.htm
Scottish Screen Archive
http://ssa.nls.uk/index.cfm?sid=01.02
Screen Archive South East
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/screenarchive/education/education.html
Wessex Film and Sound Archive
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/wfsa.htm
Yorkshire Film Archive
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/view.aspx?id=28

Documents and Resources

Film and Sound Online

http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk

Film and Sound Online is a diverse collection of high-quality moving image encodings, designed for use across the UK's Higher and Further Education sector, using the JANET broadband network. Among the collections featured are the Films of Scotland series from the Scottish Screen Archive and substantial material from both world wars from the Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive. Access is restricted to UK Higher and Further Education institutions, which need to sign into a sub-licence before use, which remains free. The moving images are delivered in the Windows Media Player and QuickTime formats, and are downloadable for local reuse.

Moving History

http://movinghistory.ac.uk
The Moving History web site is a research guide to the United Kingdom’s twelve public sector film archives and provides a showcase for their collections. Moving History's role is to show, describe and provide links to these key collections located around the UK.
The Moving History guide aims to encourage research into archive film and film history, and to promote the value of these resources to all, including academics and students across the arts and humanities in higher education. It is hoped that the information found here will be of interest to all those who seek to expand their understanding and use of moving image material.
Scottish Screen Archive

http://www.scottish-screen.com/home
Scottish Screen recently commissioned an independent consultant to investigate interest in the Archive’s collections among schools across Scotland. The report based on this consultancy can be downloaded below. The Archive now has a dedicated Education and Outreach Officer, whose work will make a key contribution to Scottish Screen’s moving image education programmes.
Download Scottish Screen Archive schools enquiry 2005 (PDF, 879KB)
Screenonline
http://www.screenonline.org.uk
Screenonline is a web-based resource devoted to British film and television history, and to Britain's social history in the twentieth century as represented in moving images. It is aimed at educational users and lifelong learners via the National Grid for Learning and the People's Network. It is produced by the British Film Institute and uses extensive content from the BFI National Archive.
Yorkshire Film Archive

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com
The Yorkshire Film Archive is dedicated to working with education providers in the region to support and enhance learning across all levels. It has an Education Service which has contributred to such onine services as Britons at War and The Pandora Project.
The Archive has published a Learning and Access Strategy documentas part of its Strategic Development Plan. It expounds principles that are strongly supported across the Film Archive Forum, backed up by a wide range of case studies.
Download the Yorkshire Film Archive Learning and Access Strategy (PDF, 587KB)