Title of Production/Series cited:

1927: THE COALHOUSE YEAR

Company name:

BBC Wales

Country of Origin of cited work:

Wales

First Transmission / Publication Date:

Wed 31st Oct 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC 1 Wales

Programme Duration (Mins):

29 mins

Producer:

Dave Jones

Director:

Dave Jones

Footage Archive Researcher:

Kevin John

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Rosemary Scadden

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ITN Source (Pathe)

2

3

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

1927 – The Coalhouse Year (An archive programme about life in 1927 – made to accompany the BBC Wales reality series Coalhouse) A host of familiar faces from BBC Wales are transported back in time to report on the events of 1927. With the magic of TV, Jamie Owen presents a vintage newsreel featuring Bluebird breaking the land speed record and Cardiff City winning the FA Cup. Dressed in period costumes, the reporters were filmed as if they were actually there, watching events unfold.

Reason for submission in English

The challenge was to make a populist archive documentary with very expensive mute footage – on a small budget! So we decided to decided to bring the show alive by adding our own 1920s ‘eye witness reports’ and ‘interviews’ based on historical accounts. Film editor Keith Ware said: “Making modern video footage of the presenters and actors look like it had been shot in the 20s was quite a challenge. I spent hours adding scratches, making the picture wobble and putting it out of focus. The worse I made it look, the more the director liked it!”

Production/Series cited:

9/11: GROUND ZERO UNDERWORLD

Company name:

Testimony Films

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

September 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

Channel 4/ U.S. History Channel

Programme Duration (Mins):

60 mins

Series number episodes:

1

Producer:

Steve Humphries

Director:

Steve Humphries

Footage Archive Researcher:

David Long

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

FEMA

2

FBI

3

ABC

4

CNN

5

ETIENNE SOURET

Brief Synopsis in English

With access to extraordinary footage shot by emergency workers this is the epic story of the search for friends and family beneath Ground Zero. The film explores the grief of the families who lost loved ones and the heroic efforts to recover the bodies of the dead and identify them using the latest DNA techniques.

Reason for submission in English

The film attracted huge audiences and much critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. The plaudits were for telling an important yet disturbing story with great sensitivity. The archive uncovered -some of it very shocking- was also used with great restraint. The emotional impact of the film was all the greater for the respectful way the stories and archive were interwoven.

Production/Series cited:

AFTER FIDEL

Company name:

Memory Films Inc

Country of Origin of cited work:

Canada

First Transmission / Publication Date:

November 23, 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

History Television

Programme Duration (Mins):

70 minutes

Producer:

Michael Maclear

Director:

Michael Maclear

Footage Archive Researcher:

Elizabeth Klinck

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

Mundo Latino

2

CBC

3

Roberto Chile Personal Archives

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

After almost 50 years in power, a gravely ill Fidel Castro has handed the reins to his little known brother, Raul, and all of Cuba tenses for the reality of life after Fidel. Fidel has outlasted ten U.S. presidents and in the process dictatorially shaped this small island nation into a global force unlike any other: a Third World nation that exports soldiers, doctors, and teachers to other emerging nations. Now the struggle is at home: to withstand the inevitable onslaught of American interests and ideology After Fidel. In this documentary, former network television correspondent Michael Maclear revisits an extraordinary interview he conducted with Castro several months after he took power.

Reason for submission in English

The archival material in AFTER FIDEL brings the past to life and a enhances a personal story that spans 50 years . It draws upon interviews and footage filmed days after Castro came to power, from the archives of Castro’s personal cinematographer Roberto Chile, and never before seen material from Cuba’s Mundo Latino collection. Deftly interwoven with present day footage, the rich archival material provides the backdrop, and more importantly, the much needed presence of Fidel himself – as he was too ill to be filmed when the crew was on location last year in Cuba.

Production/Series cited:

ANDERE TIJDEN (CHANGING TIMES)

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

FROM D-DAY TO DAM SQUARE

Company name:

NPS

Country of Origin of cited work:

The Netherlands

First Transmission / Publication Date:

3 May 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

Netherlands 2

Programme Duration (Mins):

50

Series number episodes:

1

Producer:

Laura Kaandorp

Director:

Matthijs Cats

Footage Archive Researcher:

Gerard Nijssen

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Sara Plat

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre

2

National Film Board of Canada

3

Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst The Netherlands

4

CBC Radio Archives

5

National Archives Washington

Brief Synopsis in English

Starting with D-day (1944), the First Canadian Army constituted the left wing of the Allied Forces. After passing through France and Belgium (with some fierce battles against the Germans) they end up in Holland. With its many rivers and channels, Holland is easy to defend for the Germans, hence a nightmare for the Allied Troops. Especially the province of Zeeland is difficult to attack. In 1944 and 1945 this area becomes a bloody battlefield. After the Allied Forces finally beat the Germans in Zeeland, they march to the next province Brabant. Bit by bit Holland is liberated. To the expense of many Canadian lives. But also to the great joy and happiness of the Dutch people who adore ‘their’ liberators and celebrate freedom in endless parades and parties.

Reason for submission in English

From D-day to the Dam is a special and unique project of the dutch history program ‘Changing Times’ (Andere Tijden). This documentary is fully based on footage-material. It tells the story of Canadian Soldiers liberating Europe (and Holland) during World War II. With breath-taking accuracy the Canadian Army Photo and Film Unit filmed the army during their march through France and Belgium, to end in Holland. Accompanied only by fragments of letters and diaries in the sound, the images show the soldier’s life; the sorrow and the joy, the military difficulties and victories. It is a war ‘road movie’ which keeps the viewer in a spell; with the original footage-material (and the original texts from personal documents) we are as close to the ‘real’ life as we can get.

Title of Production/Series cited:

ANDREW MARR'S HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

ADVANCE BRITANNIA

Company name:

BBC

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

22nd May 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC Two

Programme Duration (Mins):

59'06'

Series number episodes:

5

Producer:

Tom Giles

Director:

Tom Giles

Footage Archive Researcher:

Stuart Robertson

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

BBC

2

ITN SOURCE

3

BRITISH MOVIETONE

4

CANAL+

5

BFI

Brief Synopsis in English

In his widely acclaimed History of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr gives an epic account of the events that have shaped our lives since the end of the Second World War. With a dynamic mixture of footage shot specially on location and archive of actual events, Marr wittily weaves together crucial turning points and telling little details to charts the evolution of Britain’s place in the world since 1945. The many strands of our national story are brought convincingly to life by the use of a wide range of archive sources woven into a gripping national saga.

Reason for submission in English

Audiences and critics were drawn to this series by an extraordinary range of archive, which complemented Andrew Marr’s compelling story-telling. Archive drawn from every decade of the post-war period enhances his solid grasp of characters and events, and often adds a new layer to our national memory bank. Each piece of personal and political gossip is brought to life by carefully selected images and sound, which attracted a huge popular audience to revisit the dramas of our recent past.

Title of Production/Series cited:

BATTLE FOR THE HOLY LAND: JERUSALEM

Company name:

CTVC

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

19/05/07

Where published (Channel/Website):

Channel 4

Programme Duration (Mins):

113.02

Producer:

David Batty

Director:

David Batty

Footage Archive Researcher:

Harriet Matthews

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Nava Mizrachi

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ITN Source

2

Israel Film Services

3

British Movietone

4

Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive

5

IBA

Brief Synopsis in English

This two hour special followed the journey of conflict-resolution specialist Lord Paddy Ashdown as he examined the historical, religious and political claims to “God’s City”. He threw himself into an emotionally challenging personal experience, coming face to face with the memories and the lives of ordinary Muslims and Jews as well as key players in the Six Day War story. Who owns Jerusalem is the intractable problem, at the heart of the Middle Eastern crisis. Battle for the Holy Land examined why the Holy City remains the most fought over piece of real-estate on the planet – and how , with greater understanding, we could move forward.

Reason for submission in English

The history of the city of Jerusalem is disputed. The only way in which to give evidence was to show history in the making. The archive used in the film did just that. Within days of the capture of the Western Wall, bulldozers were brought in by the Israeli army to destroy the Moroccan Quarter and make room for a plaza where thousands of Jews could and still do, go to worship. People across the globe were ignorant of this fact and some even disputed the existence of the Moroccan Quarter at all. In order to prove its existence and its destruction, CTVC searched the international archives, especially within Irael to find startling footage of the bulldozers in action.

Title of Production/Series cited:

BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE (Etre Juif en France)

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Part 1 & Part 2

Company name:

Kuiv Productions

Country of Origin of cited work:

France

First Transmission / Publication Date:

6&7 of November, 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

France 3

Programme Duration (Mins):

73' (part 1) & 112' (part 2)

Series number episodes:

2

Producer:

Michel Rotman

Director:

Yves Jeuland

Footage Archive Researcher:

Valérie Combard

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

INA

2

Gaumont Pathé

3

CDJC

4

Lobster

5

Ateliers des archives

Brief Synopsis in English

Since the Dreyfus affair that tore France apart, the history of France and its Jewish communities has continued to ignite passions. And yet an old Yiddish proverb goes: “Happy like a Jew in France.” From the wave of immigration of Yiddish speaking Jews to the exodus of others from North Africa, from World War I to Vichy, a group of men and women, French Jews or Jews in France, describe with humor and emotion these years filled with happiness and concern. The moving story of Jews in France illustrated by rare archival images, film clips and music. A story of darkness and light.

Reason for submission in English

This documentary film is made up of many rare archives. Moreover, many of them have never been seen before on TV.

Title of Production/Series cited:

BLOOD & BULLETS - THE STORY OF MILITARY MEDICINE

Company name:

The History Channel UK

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

7 Sept 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

The History Channel

Programme Duration (Mins):

47

Producer:

Toby Groom

Director:

Toby Groom

Footage Archive Researcher:

Toby Groom

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

Footage Farm

2

Sky News

3

Eagle React Archive

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

This is the untold story of the struggle to save soldiers’ lives, from the battlefield of Agincourt to the streets of Basra. Today we expect British soldiers to receive swift and expert medical attention, but for most of the past 600 years, British soldiers have instead experienced terrible neglect, suffering and needless death. It took centuries to turn this situation around. Presented by military historian Andrew Robertshaw, and co-produced with the National Army Museum, ‘Blood & Bullets’ explores one of military history’s most significant - and yet neglected -stories.

Reason for submission in English

‘Blood and Bullets’ uses archive film to illustrate a powerful, important and neglected story. The film uses footage filmed at the Western Front during the First World War to highlight the work of figures who are often in the background – Medical Officers, stretcher-bearers, ambulance-drivers. This film puts the activity of such people into context, explaining the sophistication and scale of their crucial role. The film also uses archive film of British casualty treatment and evacuation in Iraq, and footage of Royal Army Medical Corps training exercises to emphasise the growing sophistication of military medicine.

Title of Production/Series cited:

BRITAIN 'S LOVE STORY

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Episode 1

Company name:

Testimony Films

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

October 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

ITV1

Programme Duration (Mins):

60 Mins

Series number episodes:

3

Producer:

Steve Humphries

Director:

Steve Humphries

Footage Archive Researcher:

Mary Parsons

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Roz Sinclair

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ITN Source

2

BBC

3

Canal Plus

4

Carlton International

5

BFI

Brief Synopsis in English

The story of the revolution in love sex and marriage in Britain during the past fifty years. Episode 1 explores the dream of true love in the 1950s and 60s and the lasting impact it had from teenage years onwards. The film focuses on the love lives of five characters ranging from an ordinary housewife to Britain's most famous prostitute, who reveals that she too has always been a romantic at heart.

Reason for submission in English

The series attracted critical acclaim and large audiences- winning its slot against all competition for the three weeks of its run. Dramatic and heart rending it successfully delivered a very popular yet informative social history series for Britain's most commercial channel. The skilful interweaving of factual and feature film footage from the 50s and 60s -and the absence of any reconstruction- was well received by critics

Title of Production/Series cited:

BROKEN ARROW. NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN PALOMARES-SPAIN

Company name:

Pitaco Producciones S.L.U.

Country of Origin of cited work:

Spain

First Transmission / Publication Date:

27-04-2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

Museo Arqueológico Almería-Spain

Programme Duration (Mins):

96

Producer:

Antonio Sánchez Picón

Director:

José María Herrera Plaza

Footage Archive Researcher:

Antonio Sánchez Picón

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Angel Roldán

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

National Archive Records Administration-Usa

2

Footage Farm Ltd

3

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

In January 1966 two American airplanes collided over Palomares (Almería/Spain) and as a consequence, four h-bombs fell to earth. Two of them explode their conventional charge and due to the strong wind radioactive material is scattered over the region. An intensive search is started to find the fourth bomb. At the same time decontamination process of the zone is starting and the residual contamination of persons and environment begins to be checked and also the project Indalo, still running 41 years later. The narration is strictly told by experts and the protagonist. It is complemented with documentary and audiovisual material, unpublished in its greater part, declassified in the last years, as well as scientific studies of the zone.

Reason for submission in English

Includes more than 8 hours unedited footage declassified about Palomares's nuclear accident.

Title of Production/Series cited:

BUTTERKINDER (Leaving for Bread and Butter)

Company name:

Knut Ogris Films&Àrea de Televisió& ORF Television& TV3 television

Country of Origin of cited work:

Austria

First Transmission / Publication Date:

21st of December

Where published (Channel/Website):

ORF ( Austria television)

Programme Duration (Mins):

52 minutes

Producer:

Knut Ogris & Oriol Porta

Director:

Alois Hawlik

Footage Archive Researcher:

Lisa Berger

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Katharina Geyer

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ORF ARCHIVE

2

CARITAS INTERNATIONAL BELGIQUE

3

ÖNB BILDARCHIVE

4

RTVE (NODO)

5

FILMOTECA OF CATALUNYA

Brief Synopsis in English

Following WWII, in order to relieve the famine rampant among the population, the Austrian government initiated a campaign to send undernourished children abroad to help them get enough to eat. 4.000 were taken in by Spanish families.

Reason for submission in English

Because we believe that rescue the memory is an absolutely necessary fact to give us a sense for present time. Is a way to be always with history. Past connects us with present and helps to go through future.

Title of Production/Series cited:

CHE GUEVARA - THE BODY AND THE LEGEND

Company name:

ZDF/ARTE Theme night department

Country of Origin of cited work:

Italy

First Transmission / Publication Date:

2nd of october 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

ARTE Theme night

Programme Duration (Mins):

43'

Producer:

Stefano Missio

Director:

Raffaele Brunetti

Footage Archive Researcher:

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

Difilm Archivo Filmico. Buenos Aires, Argentina

2

Courtesy CNN, Vanderbild Television News Archive

3

The New York Times Co., Archivio audiovisivo del movimento operaio e democratico

4

Editorial Musica de Cuba

5

Transparencia Imagen International Bolivia, Illiamani de comunicaciones, Red ATB Bolivia

Brief Synopsis in English

The Cold War ended and the Soviet Union was dissolved. Only then was it possible to look beyond the myth of Che Guevara and begin to search for his “ghostly” remains, gone missing for some 30 years. From 1967 (the year of Che’s execution) to 1997 (the year his body was recovered) international political events kept the remains of Ernesto Che Guevara hidden from the world, making the recovery of history’s most famous revolutionary all but impossible.

Reason for submission in English

Che Guevara's legend is as alive as ever and he became one of the most powerful icons of the 20th century. Lots of footage for this great documentary produced by B&B Production in Rome was used by focal.

Title of Production/Series cited:

CONSTRUCTING AUSTRALIA: THE BRIDGE

Company name:

Film Australia

Country of Origin of cited work:

Australia

First Transmission / Publication Date:

18/03/2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

ABC TV

Programme Duration (Mins):

55

Series number episodes:

1

Producer:

Renee Kennedy

Producer :

Simon Nasht

Director:

Simon Nasht

Footage Archive Researcher:

Carolyn Saul

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

FILMWORLD

2

National Film and Sound Archive

3

NSW STATE LIBRARY

4

STATE RECORDS OF NSW

5

Film Australia

Brief Synopsis in English

Massive, majestic, breathtaking—the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the greatest engineering challenge of its day anywhere on earth. Completed during the Great Depression, it is the legacy of a fateful partnership between two very different men - a brilliant engineer and a maverick politician - who shared a relentless ambition to create "the people's bridge". It not only altered the life of a city forever, it became a symbol of a bold young nation and a changing world. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of one of Australia's most loved icons, this is the epic and definitive story behind the building of the bridge and the vision of those who made it happen, despite personal conflict and political intrigue.

Reason for submission in English

"Simon Nasht, has masterfully interwoven archival footage and photographs, parliamentary debates, interviews with historians, and vividly realized factual drama to create a must see documentary for any one interested in this volatile time in Australia's development. I would highly recommend this film to historians and family historians for the wonderful insight it gives to this between-the-wars period of Australian life." History Australia Website, 18 March 2007

Title of Production/Series cited:

CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

2

Company name:

Temps noir

Country of Origin of cited work:

France

First Transmission / Publication Date:

2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC 4

Programme Duration (Mins):

59'

Series number episodes:

2

Producer:

Tancrède Ramonet

Director:

Jihan El Tahri

Footage Archive Researcher:

Emmanuelle Dumas

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

Serge Garcin

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ICAIC

2

CFAC

3

RTNC

4

BBC

5

Gaumont

Brief Synopsis in English

This film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known arena: Africa. Against colonialism, capitalism as well as communism, the newly independent nations attempted for the first time to gain real control of their own countries. Ironically, it was to Cuba’s new regime that the young African revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral or Aghostino Neto turned for support in their struggle. Castro’s tiny island emerged as central player in this new strategy.

Reason for submission in English

This film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known arena: Africa. In order to relate such an untold and incredible story, Jihan El Tahri has mainly searched through Cuban and African records and found a huge amount footage. Working in collaboration with Le Chaînon Manquant, and especially Emmanuelle Dumas and Serge Garcin, she dealt with many unreleased footage, which sometimes were of very poor technical quality because they had been left unused for decades by the owners. With her cameraman, she decided to shoot the footage in HD format, and therefore contributed to upgrade the footage and help preserve this great heritage.

Title of Production/Series cited:

DARFUR : ON OUR WATCH

Company name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Country of Origin of cited work:

Canada

First Transmission / Publication Date:

October 11, 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

CBC Television

Programme Duration (Mins):

56:50

Producer:

Lisa Ellenwood

Director:

Neil Docherty

Footage Archive Researcher:

Sonja Carr

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

UNTV

2

Native Voice Films

3

ITN

4

APTN

5

BBC

Brief Synopsis in English

Darfur: On Our Watch examines why it took the UN so long to respond to the obvious early warning signs of an horrific ethnic cleansing in Sudan. It documents in detail how politics, oil, guns and money trumped human rights as powerful interests on the Security Council blocked the world from acting; and how the United States, weakened by wars in Somalia and Iraq could not influence the world forum to act. CBC cameras follow actress Mia Farrow on an emotionally harrowing journey through the desolate refugee camps along the Chad/ Darfur border.

Reason for submission in English

After compiling all the footage available, much of it quite gruesome, of the killings in Darfur, the challenge was how to present it, along with distressing images of the genocides of the 1990s in a way that documented the reality without crossing the line of what was watchable to viewers at home. We sifted through hours of UN footage to chillingly show how the world’s words failed to result in meaningful action. The archival footage, most of it in SD, also had to work with the original footage which was all shot on HD.

Title of Production/Series cited:

DEEP WRECK MYSTERIES

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

RED CROSS OUTRAGE

Company name:

Mallison Sadler Productions

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

FEBRUARY 2007

Where published (Channel/Website):

ITV WEST

Programme Duration (Mins):

51'22"

Series number episodes:

3

Producer:

CRISPIN

Producer (last name):

SADLER

Director:

WAYNE

Director (last name):

ABBOTT

Footage Archive Researcher:

JOHN

Footage Archive Researcher(1) (last name):

CHAMBERS

Footage Archive Researcher (2):

LAURA

Footage Archive Researcher(2) (last name):

ABBOTT

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

2

US NATIONAL ARCHIVES

3

CHRONOSMEDIA

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

Attacks on ships clearly marked with the Red Cross are war crimes. The sinking of such vessels in the First World War renewed hatred of the enemy. The discovery of two torpedoed hospital ships in the Bristol Channel is dredging up more than tragic memories. Divers scouring the remains are unearthing uncomfortable new evidence which casts a different light on enemy atrocities. The Germans might not have been the only ones breaking the rules.

Reason for submission in English

Good use of archive, some of which has never been seen before

Title of Production/Series cited:

DIANA: THE WITNESSES IN THE TUNNEL

Company name:

ITN Factual

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK

First Transmission / Publication Date:

06/06/07

Where published (Channel/Website):

Channel 4

Programme Duration (Mins):

48 mins

Producer:

Janice

Producer (last name):

Sutherland

Director:

Janice

Director (last name):

Sutherland

Footage Archive Researcher:

Katherine

Footage Archive Researcher(1) (last name):

Bancroft

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

ITN Source

2

Daily Mirror/Mirror Pix

3

BBC

4

APTN

5

Pierre Su

Brief Synopsis in English

Diana, Princess of Wales was perhaps the most photographed person in the world. Her death in a car crash in August 1997 stunned the world. The blame was put squarely on the photographers who surrounded her in death as well as in life. For ten years conspiracy theories, claims and counter-claims obscured what actually happened that night. The photographers witnessed and recorded one of the most terrible and iconic moments of the 20th century. But for ten years that night and the photographs they took has plagued their lives. This was the first time the story of the photographers arrested that night was told.

Reason for submission in English

This film uses some of the photographs that were taken by passers-by as well as professionals and help to establish what went on in the tunnel that night. Some had not been seen on television before. The programme set the national news agenda for nearly two weeks in June for its inclusion of some of these images. No other programme featuring archive content made such a splash this year. It pulled in a prime time audience of more than 4 million, the biggest audience for a specialist factual programme on Channel 4 this year.

Title of Production/Series cited:

DISASTERS

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

WHIDDY INFERNO

Company name:

Radio Telefis Eireann

Country of Origin of cited work:

Ireland

First Transmission / Publication Date:

17/7/07

Where published (Channel/Website):

RTE 1

Programme Duration (Mins):

25.15

Series number episodes:

8

Producer:

Janet Gallagher

Director:

Janet Gallagher

Footage Archive Researcher:

Janet Gallagher

Footage Archive Researcher(1) (last name):

Mary Sweeney

Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:

RTE footage library

2

3

4

5

Brief Synopsis in English

On January 8th January 1979 an oil tanker, the “Betelgeuse”, exploded at Gulf Oil’s Whiddy Terminal, Bantry Bay. The explosion was of such magnitude that it was heard as far away as Kenmare. The resulting inferno killed 50 people, and created a major environmental disaster. RTÉ’s Archive Production Unit tells this big story, setting the context with news and documentary archive, then brings it down to the personal stories of some of those caught up in the events of that night.

Reason for submission in English

Archive used imaginatively within a TV format. DISASTERS is one of several formatted RTE TV documentary series' from their TV Archive Unit. Its raison d’etre is to use archive footage to tell ratings winning local Irish stories in formatted television programming.

Title of Production/Series cited:

DISPATCHES

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

MARK THOMAS ON COCA-COLA