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Call for submissions closed 1 December 2008

SUBMISSIONS ENTERED

v) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

10 Days To War  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Episode 7  

Company name

BBC News  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

10th March 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC2/ www.bbc.co.uk/tendaystowar  

Programme Duration (Mins):

12 minutes  

Series number episodes:

8  

Producer:

Colin Barr  

Director: 

David Belton  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

Stuart Robertson  

Footage Archive Researcher(2) (first_name): 

Susan Malden 

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

BBC  

2

ITN  

3

 

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

10DaystoWar was an ambitious, innovative series of eight short dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the British and American invasion of Iraq – made for Newsnight. Each film was part thriller, part political drama and screened in “real-time” on consecutive nights. It was a first collaboration between BBC Vision and BBC News. It featured a leading cast, including Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter. There is no commentary, these are fully-fledged dramas amplifying the personal, the human story – the high stakes grasped, the risks taken. Above all, they explore the major turning points of a volatile and uncertain time.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Archive was integral to the development and the success of these dramas. They were essential to the writer during script development; critical for accuracy and authenticity to the casting director, actors, location, set designer; and finally as appearing on screen in such a seamless way. In Episode 7 (Commons vote on war debate) the archive plays a vital part in the drama, in racking up the tension. The move from the drama film and in and out of the archive appears seamless and the viewer does not in anyway feel “jolted” thinking "oh into some news rushes now".  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

Arena: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Phil Spector  

Company name

Vixpix and BBC Arena  

Country of Origin of cited work:

U.K.  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

25th October 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC Two  

Programme Duration (Mins):

100  

Producer: 

Anthony Wall  

Director: 

Vikram Jayanti  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Andrew Wright  

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

ABC Entertainment  

2

Reelin' in the Years  

3

Research Video  

4

Dick Clark Productions  

5

Clips and Footage  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

Phil Spector transformed rock'n'roll. Now his sensational trials for murder threaten to eclipse his musical legacy. In this no-holds-barred documentary, made with Spector's unprecedented participation, that legacy is explored to the soundtrack of Spector's greatest hits, with extraordinary trial footage providing dramatic counterpoint.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Submission was requested - the film consists very largely of archive.  

Title of Production/Series cited:

Arena - The Hunt for Moby Dick  

Company name

Lone Star Productions  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

September 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC4  

Programme Duration (Mins):

72 minutes  

Producer:

Martin   Rosenbaum  

Director:

Adam   Low  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

Andrew Wright  

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

Argos Films  

2

BBC Motion Gallery  

3

Canal + Image  

4

Huntley Film Archives  

5

Mystic Seaport  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

The Hunt for Moby-Dick is an account of the writing of perhaps the greatest American novel, and it's subject, the great sperm whale. Filmed in the whaling ports of the eastern seabord of America, in England, and in the Azores, the film, written and presented by the writer Philip Hoare, explores man's eternal fascination with the whale, and recounts the adventures behind Herman Melville's obsessional book - which was ridiculed when it was first published in 1851, but is now regarded as a masterpiece.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Rare and often unseen archive footage is layered with original location filming and spectacular wildlife footage from the past twenty years to evoke the heyday of Yankee whaling and to convey the visceral impact of hunting whales with harpoons.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

Black Music: From Iron Chains to Gold Chains

Company name

PROGRAM 33  

Country of Origin of cited work:

France  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

25 October 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

arte  

Programme Duration (Mins):

104'  

Series number episodes:

2 X 52'  

Producer:

Thomas Thery  

Director:

Marc-Aurele Vecchione  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):  

Valerie Massignon, Caroline Blache  

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

F.I.L.M ARCHIVES  

2

HISTORIC FILMS/Film Images  

3

WPA  

4

PRODUCERS LIBRARY  

5

AP ARCHIVE  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

How black music has marked the struggle for the emancipation of African-Americans on nearly two centuries, from cotton fields to South Bronx ghettos. A maelstrom of sound and images. More than a century and a half history of black Americans and their musical production in less than two hours. The roots of all music born in the United States, from blues to hip-hop, are in Africa. Like spirituals and work songs have accompanied and supported the hope of slaves chained in the deep South, every step, every struggle of black Americans was announced, celebrated or amplified by the rhythm, singing, dancing.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

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Title of Production/Series cited:

Brel, Homme d'étoile  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

J'aime les Belges  

Company name

Editions Jacques Brel  

Country of Origin of cited work:

Belgium France Suisse Nederland  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

5 Oct 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

RTBF/VRT/ARTV/VIVOLTA/RSTV  

Programme Duration (Mins):

90  

Producer Director:  

France Brel  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

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

INA  

2

RTBF  

3

VRT  

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

J’aime les Belges Jacques Brel will tell you « his Belgium », will explain the importance of his origins that transpire through his songs. In this film, Jacques let his soul wander through the breakwater of the North, the « carré » of Liège and the paving stones of Brussels. .He makes a U-turn from tenderness to rebellion, from injury to counterstroke in connection with his fellow countrymen of Wallonia and the Low Country. Till the very end of his life’s journey, one discovers he laughs at everything and especially at himself. He dresses up his derision with the accent of his childhood. Still today, witnesses recall his Belgian colourfulness, his obstinacy to want to make his membership recognized and his suffering from having been too often misunderstood by a country that now quotes him with obviousness. France Brel  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

 

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

Flynnie: The Man Who Walked Like Shakespeare  

Company name

RTE Cork [Radio Telifis Eireann]  

Country of Origin of cited work:

Ireland  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

24th December 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

RTE 1 [ Radio Telifis Eireann TV 1]  

Programme Duration (Mins):

26mins  

Series number episodes:

ONE  

Producer:  

Colm Crowley  

Director:

Conal Creedon  

Footage Archive Researcher:

Conal Creedon  

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

 

2

BBC TV Archive  

3

Leo Spillane - Private archive  

4

Christian Brothers Archive  

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

This is the fascinating story of the life-long artistic pursuits of Fr. Christy O’ Flynn [affectionately known as Flynnie] and his endeavours to affect social and political change among the poorest of the poor – who lived in the warren of lanes in the Shandon area on the Northside of Cork City Ireland. Although for the most part – Flynnie’s work is all but forgotten – But such was his renown during his lifetime – that in 1958 BBC came to Cork to film him at work in the loft of a small sweet factory in Shandon. The existence of this incredible archive footage – inspired the making of this documentary.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

The archive footage used in this documentary is not a device to create ambient, and evocative effect – but rather it is fundamental to the integrity and the narrative of the programme. This archive footage has never been broadcast on Irish Television – and yet the subject matter is rooted in Irish culture and the formation of the Irish state  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

George Morrison: Waiting for the Light  

Company name

Atlantic Film Alliance  

Country of Origin of cited work:

Ireland  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

1/10/08  

Where published (Channel/Website):

TG4  

Programme Duration (Mins):

51:56  

Producer/Director: 

Ciarin Scott  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

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

TG4 Library  

2

RTE Library  

3

 

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

"Waiting for the Light", a portrait of George Morrison, acclaimed film maker of "Mise Eire" and "Saoirse?" was made by award-winning director Ciarín Scott who trained under Morrison and enjoys a trusted relationship with this brilliant and complex man. In "Waiting for the Light", the father of Irish cinema talks frankly about his life, loves, work and passions.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

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Title of Production/Series cited:

John Henry Foley (Dealbhóir na hImpireachta)

Company name

Merry Edits t/a Loopline  

Country of Origin of cited work:

Ireland  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

26/11/08  

Where published (Channel/Website):

TG4  

Programme Duration (Mins):

52:09  

Producer:  

Martina Durac  

Director:

Sé Merry Doyle  

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

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

TG4 Library  

2

RTE Library  

3

 

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

This is the story of John Henry Foley who rose from the slums of Dublin to become the most famous sculptor of 19th century public monuments and personal friend of Queen Victoria. It is also a film about the break up of the Empire through the unusual metaphor of the public monument. The following are some of his famous sculptures.... The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, London. Outram, Canning, and Hardinge, Calcutta, India. Stonewall Jackson and the Great Seal of the Confederacy, Lexington Virginia, Daniel O'Connell, Father Mathew, Henry Grattan, Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

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Title of Production/Series cited:

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison  

Company name

Northern Light Productions  

Country of Origin of cited work:

USA  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

November 2008  

Programme Duration (Mins):

86 min.  

Producer/Director: 

BestorCram  

Footage Archive Researcher: 

Rich Remsberg  

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

Jim Marshall  

2

NARA  

3

WPA  

4

Streamline  

5

Historic Films  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison examines the most important day in the career of one of America’s foremost popular artists. It was January 1968, a year that would be saturated in violence and historical change. Cash’s 1968 concert at Folsom State Prison in California and the ensuing album became a symbol of the late 1960s and transformed his career. Drawing from rock photographer Jim Marshall’s stark images of that day, rare archival footage, as well as exclusive interviews with participants and observers, the film traces Cash’s rocky road that led to the concert and the torrent of stardom and political debate that came after it. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison remains one of the greatest live albums ever made, and the man himself one of America’s greatest troubadours and advocates for prison reform. Forty years later, the album still resonates today with a rawness and authenticity that few recordings have ever achieved. This film exposes a lesser known “Man in Black,” forever defined by darkenss and light.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

We were presented with unique challenges in making a film about a classic concert with absolutely NO footage of the concert itself. In conjunction with music and interviews, we came up with new techniques in utilizing archival still photographs (moves on contact sheets, extrapolations and various animations) and of weaving in related archival footage to provide context for a magical, historic event.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

Neil Young: Don't Be Denied  

Company name

BBC  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

31/10/2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC FOUR  

Programme Duration (Mins):

60  

Producer/Director:  

Ben Whalley  

Footage Archive Researcher:

Jeannie Clark  

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

Shakey Pictures  

2

HENRY DILTZ/REELIN' IN THE YEARS  

3

WDR, GERMANY  

4

WARNER MUSIC UK  

5

DICK CLARK  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

Neil Young: Don't Be Denied This is a television first. A resolutely private artist who rarely looks back, Neil Young has never before unfolded his career on camera. Gaining unprecedented access to one of the world's great artists and his archive, this BBC documentary film explores how Young's unbending dedication to the muse has created an awe-inspiring body of work from the 60s to today. With Neil Young, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Nils Lofgren, James Taylor and Graham Nash.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

As well as being a private individual, usually reluctant to give interviews, Neil Young has his own enormous archive of footage, photos and sound recordings - much of which has never been available for public consumption. It was therefore with great relief that we heard that he was happy for us to access some of those rare performances and photos - rehearsing with his band in his barn studio during the sessions for the Harvest album and performing with Devo from his own feature, Human Highway - to name a couple. We also licensed rarely seen Henry Diltz home movies of CSNY in the 60s and a fabulous German documentary following Neil around on his ranch from 1971, courtesy WDR.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

O, Thou Transcendent  

Company name

Isolde Films  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

January 1st 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

Channel FIVE  

Programme Duration (Mins):

148 mins  

Producer/Director:

Tony Palmer  

Footage Archive Researcher: 

Tony Palmer  

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

BBC Motion Gallery  

2

BFI  

3

Imperial War Museum  

4

Private home movies  

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

The life & times of Ralph Vaughan Williams  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Title of Production/Series cited:

Pop Britannia  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

EP1 'Move It'  

Company name

BBC  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

09/01/2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC FOUR  

Programme Duration (Mins):

60  

Series number episodes:

3  

Producer/Director:

Alan Lewens  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Kalbir Dhillon  

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

Archbuild Entertainment  

2

Canal +  

3

Carlton/Granada International  

4

ITN/Pathe  

5

British Movietone  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

First in a three-part documentary series telling the story of British popular music and its place in British culture since the 1950s. The first episode charts Britain's journey from the austere, post-war years, when popular music meant 'light entertainment' and was dominated by the conservative tastes of the establishment, to the early 1960s when British pop ruled the world. The film tells of a new generation of post-war kids, confident that the world was theirs for the taking and whose imaginations had been captured by American rock and roll and rhythm and blues. It traces the emergence of a British pop dream and its struggle to emerge from a conservative, derivative notion of pop dictated by its elders and betters. Contributors include Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Ray Gosling, Bruce Welch and Helen Shapiro.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Working on 'Pop Britannia' was a challenge for Kal Dhillon as the British pop industry was well-trodden ground for music documentaries. Starting with some great rarely-seen ITN/Pathe newsreels from the 1930s and 40s about Tin Pan Alley, the programme examined the development of the industry from the days of Arthur Askey, through the influence of American culture on British society with the aid of British Movietone and Archbuild Entertainment ('Living For Kicks') to the 'Oh Boy! days of Terry Dene, Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard and ending with the emergence of Beatlemania in 1963.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

Suggs' Italian Job  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

6  

Company name

Wavelength Films  

Country of Origin of cited work:

United Kingdom  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

01/09/2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

Sky Arts  

Programme Duration (Mins):

30'  

Series number episodes:

8  

Producer: 

John Cassy, James Hunt

Director: 

Nick Bamford

Footage Archive Researcher(s):

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

Skyworks  

2

 The National Trust for Scotland

3

 Clips & Footage

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

Madness frontman Suggs takes a road trip through Italy, travelling from north to south behind the wheel of a classic mini cooper. Along the way he takes the cultural pulse of Europe's most exuberant country, calling in at the iconic cities and off-the-beaten track places to discover what makes Italy tick. "Beautifully shot ... visually lovely" - The Times.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Aerials beautifully crafted in  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

The Jazz Baroness  

Company name

Clandestine Films Ltd  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

2008

Where published (Channel/Website):

Sheffield DocFest  

Programme Duration (Mins):

83  

Series number episodes:

1  

Producer/Director:

Hannah   Rothschild  

Footage Archive Researcher(1) (first_name):  

Elizabeth Klinck  

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

Michael Blackwood Inc  

2

BBC  

3

Library of Congress  

4

Rothschild Archive  

5

Getty  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

The love story between a British Jewish heiress Pannonica Rothschild and the jazz genius Thelonious Monk. With Helen Mirren as the voice of the Baroness and Monk and his contemporaries starring as themselves in wonderful archive film.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Really exciting use of archive and actuality with great performances from living musicians intercut with their younger selves. Extraordinary unseen footage from the 1950's from worldwide archives used imaginatively and with panache sourced by the ever resourceful Elizabeth Klinck.  

 

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

The South Bank Show:  Revolution: The Art of 1968  

Company name

ITV Productions, Specialist Factual & Arts  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

16/03/2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

ITV1  

Programme Duration (Mins):

52'30"  

Producer/Director:  

Leo Burley  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Philip Windeatt  

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

BBC Motion Gallery  

2

ITN Source  

3

The Plastic People  

4

Research Video, Inc  

5

MacDonald & Associates  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

In this South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg explores “The Art of 1968”: the role of writers, actors and musicians in the street battles that marked 1968. In March of that year a huge demonstration against the Vietnam War marched towards the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square. Leo Burley’s film explores the art and music at the heart of the violent protests in Paris, Prague and Chicago. Interviews include Tariq Ali, Vanessa Redgrave and Tom Stoppard. The show includes extracts from two never before broadcast 1968 interviews: Mick Jagger, after the Grosvenor Square riot: and another with an angry John Lennon.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

French journalist, Olivier Todd, recalled that he had filmed inside the occupied Les Ecoles des Beaux Artes for the BBC’s Tonight programme in 1968. It was discovered, mislabelled by Phil Windeatt’s pain-staking trawl through the BBC archive and screened here for the first time since 1968. The documentary also contained rare footage of the legendary MC5 including US Govt. surveillance footage of the band playing at the Chicago Democratic Convention, 1968. Also the notoriously difficult to clear footage of the Rolling Stone’s playing Street Fighting Man from The Mayles Brothers Gimme Shelter and the similarly rare to air Apple owned archive of the Beatles playing Revolution. Finally the film contained another first: unseen 35mm footage of the Czech rock group, The Plastic People of the Universe, shot by a Uruguayan student in 1968 who had taken it back to South America and rediscovered it just in time for this documentary.  

Title of Production/Series cited:

South Bank Show: Sarah Waters  

Company name

ITV Productions, Specialist Factual & Arts  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

05/06/08  

Where published (Channel/Website):

ITV1  

Programme Duration (Mins):

48'58"  

Producer/Director: 

Gillian Greenwood  

Footage Archive Researcher: 

JoStones  

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

Huntley Film Archives  

2

BBC Motion Gallery  

3

Clips and Footage  

4

ITN Source  

5

British Movietone  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

In this South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg talks to Sarah about the way her work has reclaimed lesbian sexual history. They also look at how lesbian sexuality has been used within pornography, about male impersonation (cross-dressing) and about her own risqué and often bawdy subversion of these themes in her work.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

In profiling the story of Sarah Waters' career Gillian Greenwood's creative use of archive takes us on a journey from early music hall, where it was not unusual to see women cross-dress, through to the popularity of spiritualism and gothic drama for Victorian women. Then in appropriate situ, there is a rare glimpse of early lesbian porn, women’s involvement in the war effort, 1960s life in Pembrokeshire, 1970s life in Middleborough, feminism and, with extracts from 3 TV adaptations of Water's novels, we are privy to a particular potted history of the 20th Century.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

The Story of the Guitar  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Episode 2: Out of the Frying Pan  

Company name

BBC Vision Productions  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

12th October 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC1  

Programme Duration (Mins):

59 mins  

Series number episodes:

3  

Producer/Director: 

Roger Parsons  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Kathy Manners, Clare Cooper  

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

BBC Archives  

2

Clips & Footage  

3

Research Video  

4

Fender Co  

5

MacDonald & Associates  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

Part 2 of a trilogy of films documenting in detail the history of the Guitar, from its obscure origins to its new status when the red Fender Stratocaster became the coolest instrument on the planet. The first commercially available electric guitar was affectionately known as the frying pan, and this film is about the evolution of a new sound, from Hawaiian guitar and blues to the rock and roll boom, all made possible by electricity. Alongside specially shot interviews from BB King, Scotty Moore, Les Paul, David Gilmour and many others, the archival footage, some of it rare, some of it broadcast for the first time ever, is at the heart of the series.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

The performance footage is irresistible, unassailable historical fact, solid gold. Plus there are some great "firsts" including the first commercial electric guitar in action and gorgeous late 50s Super 8 from the Fender factory. And Nigel Tufnel. The aim was to use the archive footage with historical accuracy, but also with wit and innovation. In Programme 1 we “imagined” archive material shot by George Melies. Here, extra colour touches added to black and white footage underline points made in the film, and help to dramatise the guitar’s extraordinary evolution.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

The Thirties in Colour  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Episode 4: End of An Era  

Company name

BBC Vision - Factual - Arts  

Country of Origin of cited work:

United Kingdom  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

TX: 06/08/2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC4  

Programme Duration (Mins):

58'51"  

Series number episodes:

4  

Producer/Director:  

Kate Misrahi  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Rebecca Hickie  

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

Hall Clovis Archive c/o UCLA  

2

David Glick Archive c/o Allen Hepner  

3

Jacob Herz Archive c/o Steven Spielberg Film & Video Archive - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum  

4

Benjamin Gasul Home Movies c/o Steven Spielberg Film & Video Archive - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum  

5

T H Brown Archive c/o NRFTA  

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

The 1930s were a Golden Age for international travel. Wealthier travellers recorded their experiences by using the new colour film technologies. Their home movies captured- often unintentionally -defining moments as European nations were about to plunged into The Second World War. This episode of the series features colour films by travelling amateur film-makers in Europe - including footage shot of Berlin streets decked in red swastikas during the Olympic Games; rare pictures of the Jewish quarter in Warsaw just weeks before the Nazi invasion; and in London, tourists wearing gas masks amid fears of bombing raids by the German Luftwaffe.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

Further series of Archive programmes on BBC4 drawing together rarely viewed or unseen material, and contextualising it with interviews with experts and relatives of the archive sources on the era represented.  

 

Title of Production/Series cited:

What Happened Next?  

Specific Episode entered as representing a Series cited:

Global Village Trucking Co.  

Company name

BBC Bristol  

Country of Origin of cited work:

UK  

First Transmission / Publication Date:

13 May 2008  

Where published (Channel/Website):

BBC Four  

Programme Duration (Mins):

60  

Series number episodes:

10  

Producer

John Das  

Director

Alex Parkinson  

Footage Archive Researcher:  

Frank Spink  

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

BBC Television Archive  

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

Brief Synopsis in English (up to 100 words):

What Happened Next? revisits 10 classic documentaries from the BBC's archive and finds out what became of the people featured.  

Reason for submission in English (up to 150 words):

The careful interweaving of new footage with past archive of the same contributors provides a compelling, insightful and often moving portrait of how individual lives and wider society have changed over the last four decades.