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Projecting Britain explores a film genre neglected for decades: the cinemagazine. Watched by millions, both in Britain and abroad, these fascinating 'screen magazines' reflected all aspects of popular...
David Lean and Gaumont Sound News is a short-term research project funded by the David Lean Foundation. It will add the history of one of the earliest British sound newsreels to the British Universities...
Some of the latest article, reviews and news published at Viewfinder Online include: Peter M. Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Community Media at London Metropolitan University, looks at Tom Stoppards radio...
In the four editions of The One Show being broadcast from Thursday 8 April 2010 on BBC1, Giles Brandreth takes a light-hearted look at the history of the British Pathe newsreel. Among the interviewees is...
Over 600 Technicolor cinemagazine stories from the series Roundabout (1962-1974) are now freely available thanks to the British Film Institute. Produced by the Central Office of Information to showcase...
Guest speaker: James Holland This year’s guest speaker is historian, writer and broadcaster, James Holland. The author of the best-selling Fortress Malta, Battle of Britain, and Dam Busters, he...
The Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain: Performance, Realisation and Reception 7-8 April 2011 Institute of Musical Research (IMR) and the Barbican Centre, London Speakers include: Professor Rick Altman...
Forgotten Futures: British Municipal Cinema 1920-1980 By Elizabeth Lebas This ground-breaking new work by Elizabeth Lebas is the first survey of British municipal cinema and covers films from the...
From the Motor Show brochures to Manchester University’s Rag magazine, newsreel cameramen would pick up souvenir programmes on assignments to provide contextual information for the editorial department....
Viewfinder 101 was published in November 2015. Contents of this issue: BRITISH HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB In the UK there has been a major resurgence in the production of horror movies in the last few...
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