British Universities Film & Video Council

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Film Archives

We do not hold film for any newsreel or cinemagazine listed on News on Screen

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News on Screen is a record of what British newsreels and cinemagazines were produced, not what physically exists.

The guide below indicates which archives in the UK hold the newsreel and cinemagazine series listed on News on Screen, but it is not a guarantee that a particular item is held there.

Please check with these archives for further details.

AP Archive

Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
British Movietone Gazette
British Movietone News

BP Video Library

Email
bpvl@bp.com
Web
http://www.bpvideolibrary.com
Phone
020 7928 2097
Fax
020 7928 2101
Address
c/o Metro
53 Great Suffolk Street
London SE1 0DB
Series held
Oil Review

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries: nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk For commercial/footage reuse enquiries: footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
Around The Town
Britain Can Make It
British Sporting Personalities
Calendar
Carrousel Britanico
Cinegazette
Colonial Cinemagazine
Commonwealth Review
Commonwealth Teleview
Daily Sketch Topical Budget
Dateline Britain
Eclair Journal
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Federal Spotlight
Fordson Newsreel
Frontier
Frontier (Colour series)
Gaumont Mirror
Gaumont Sound Mirror
Gaumont Sound News
Home and Away
Ideal Cinemagazine
Ideal Sound Cinemagazine
Ingot Pictorial
Laing News Review
Living Tomorrow
London Line
London Line (Colour series 1)
London Line (Colour series 2)
Look At Life
Looking At Britain
Mining Review 1st Year
Moslems In Britain
Oil Review
Our Club Magazine
Our Magazine
Panorama
Parade
Pathe Monthly
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget
Pictorial News / Topical Budget
Pictorial News / War Office Official Topical Budget
Point of View
Portrait
Review 26th Year
Rhodesian Spotlight
Roundabout
Scrapbook
Shell Cinemagazine
The Enthusiasts
The March of Time 1st Year
The Pacemakers
This Is Britain
This Modern Age
This Week In Britain
Tomorrow Today
Topic
Topical Budget
Topical Budget / War Office Official Topical Budget
Transatlantic Teleview
Unilever Magazine
Viewpoint
War Office Official Topical Budget
War Office Official Topical Budget and Pictorial News
Whirlpool of War
Workers’ Topical News

British Pathe Ltd

Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
Astra Gazette
Colour Pictorial
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
New Pictorial
New Series Pictorial
New Series Pictorial ‘A’
Pathe Gazette
Pathe Gazette / Pathe Super
Pathe News
Pathe Pictorial
Pathe Sound Pictorial
Pathe Super Gazette
Pathe Super Silent Gazette
Pathe Super Sound Gazette
Pathetone Weekly
Pictorial

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
Airfront Gen Operational Supplement
Airfront RAF Operational Film Record
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget
Pictorial News / War Office Official Topical Budget
The Gen
Topical Budget / War Office Official Topical Budget
War Office Official Topical Budget
War Office Official Topical Budget and Pictorial News
War Pictorial News
Warwork News
Worker and Warfront
World Pictorial News

London’s Transport Museum

Email
simon.murphy@ltmuseum.co.uk
Web
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk
Phone
020 7379 6344
Fax
020 7565 7254
Address
39 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7BB
Series held
Cinegazette

National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive (formerly the Scottish Screen Archive)

Email
movingimage@nls.uk
Web
https://www.nls.uk/collections/moving-image-archive
Phone
0845 366 4600
Fax
0845 366 4601
Address
Kelvin Hall
1445 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G3 8AW
Notes
The IWM and NFTVA also hold copies of some items
Series held
British Moving Picture News
Scottish Moving Picture News

North West Film Archive

Email
nw.filmarchive@mmu.ac.uk
Web
http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk
Phone
0161 247 3097
Fax
0161 247 3098
Address
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Minshull House
47-49 Chorlton Street
Manchester M1 3EU
Series held
Unilever Magazine

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email
info@screenocean.com
Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX
Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
British Paramount News
Empire News Bulletin
Gaumont British News
Gaumont Graphic
Gaumont Sound News
Look At Life
Universal Irish News
Universal News
Universal Talking News

Shell Film and Video Unit

Email
Filmservices@Shell.com
Web
http://www.shell.com
Address
Creative Solutions
Shell Centre
London SE1 7NA
Series held
Shell Cinemagazine