WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE
- Description
- Since 1992 the Record Office has been a founding partner of the South East Film and Video Archive (SEFVA) (qv) and is its Repository and Conservation Centre. The Archive seeks to locate, collect, preserve and promote moving images made in or relating to the South East of England. There are now over 1,000 items in the Archive including newsreels, corporate documentaries, promotional material, and feature films from the Shoreham Film Studio. Of equal importance are the home movies and local footage from private collections.
- Website
- http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/RO/home.htm
- Keywords
- Sussex; West Sussex; Amateur films; Royal Sussex Regiment
- Access
- Access
- Facilities
- Viewing facilities; film and video, by appointment only.
- Charges
- Information on charges available on request.
Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings
- Video/Film
- A growing collection, now of several hundred films of local interest - amateur and professional. Includes the collection of the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1960.
Video components: Betamax, VHS, S-VHS.
Film components: Positive film, 8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm, 35mm. No nitrate.
Catalogues
- Computerised database
- On SEFVA database (in progress).
Main Contact
- Name
- Mr. Richard Childs
- Job title
- County Archivist
- Telephone
- 01243 753600
- Fax
- 01243 533959
- records.office@westsussex.gov.uk
- Address
- County Hall
Chichester
PO19 1RN
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