Learning on ScreenVALENCE HOUSE MUSEUM & ARCHIVES
- Description
- The majority of the collection belongs to the two film societies operational in the borough from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Dagenham Co-operative Film Society produced drama and documentary films in the borough of Dagenham during the late 1940s and 1950s after the merger of Barking and Dagenham boroughs in 1965. The Fanshawe Film Society operated as a film club but shot some documentary footage in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Website
- http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-valence/valence-menu.html
- Keywords
- Amateur films; Essex; Barking, London; Dagenham, London
- Access
- Access available. By appointment only.
- Copyright
- By individual arrangement with Heritage Services Section.
Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings
- Video/Film
- Video: See film holdings.
Film: The Archive holds 12 films of local interest and civic ceremonies. In addition, a large film archive was acquired from the Fanshawe Film Society in 1991. The film collection’s growth is sporadic. Films of local interest.
Film components: Positive Film.
Additional Information
- Other information
- Guide to Local History Resources, accessions register, files.
Main Contact
- Name
- Mr. Mark Watson
- Job title
- Acting Museum Curator
- Telephone
- 020 8270 6865
- Fax
- 020 8270 6868
- mark.watson@lbbd.gov.uk
- Address
- Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
RM8 3HT
Alternate Contact
- Telephone
- 020 8270 6896
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