NORTH EAST FILM ARCHIVE

Description

Previously known as the Northern Region Film and Television Archive, in 2012 NEFA merged with the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) (qv).

NEFA is the recognised public sector moving image archive serving County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and the Tees Valley. The NRFTA was formed in 1998 as a consortium of a number of organisations which held existing film and television collections in the region, and became a limited company in 2003. Our collecting remit encompasses any material relevant to life and work in the northern region of England. Our major collections include an almost complete run of filmed inserts from the regional BBC news programme Look North from 1957-1991, a similar collection of news and documentary footage from the regional ITV broadcaster Tyne Tees, and industrial collections which include Trade Films’ output and the ICI corporate collection. We also hold a wide range of smaller deposits, including educational, promotional and training films and a large collection of amateur ‘home movie’ footage.

Website

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/

Keywords

Newcastle upon Tyne; North East England; Amateur films; Gateshead; Tyne & Wear; Industrial History; Teesside; Border Television programmes; Middlesbrough; Tyne Tees Television programmes

Access for outsiders

Yes

Facilities

Video and 16mm flat bed projection facilities available.

Charges

None for non-commercial research and viewing at our premises. The NEFA reserves the right to charge for handling large-scale or complex research enquiries from commercial users. Transfer and copyright charges will apply for any material supplied.

Copyright

Copyright mainly held by individual donors of films. Rights to the Turner collection and to some industrial and amateur films are held by the NEFA.

Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings

Equipment

None

Masters

20,000 film and related sound reels (mainly 16mm, some 35mm and 9.5mm).

Music

None

Sound

Some pre-production material and scripts.

Still Images

Slides relating to some programmes.

Catalogues

Computerised database

ACCESS 2 database with partial catalogue. New catalogue under development.

Online catalogue

Currently under development.

Printed catalogue

Partial printed catalogue available.

Card catalogue

No.

Digitised catalogue

By agreement with the BBC, the Archive will digitise one hundred hours of their material.

Main Contact

Telephone

01642 384022

Email

NEFA@tees.ac.uk

Address

University of Teesside
Middlesbrough
TS1 3BA