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Arena: Cool
BBC Arena
UK / 2009
Producer: Anthony Wall
Director: Anthony Wall
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Andrew Wright &
Elizabeth Klinck
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
CBS News
Clips and Footage
Getty
BBC
In 1949-50 Miles Davis and a group of like-minded young musicians recorded 6 double sided 78s, later they would be assembled as The Birth of the Cool. They were a landmark in jazz history. A word left the inner sanctum of modern jazz, entered the language and has stayed there ever since. Arena reveals and restores to cool its true meaning. In so doing it sets the record straight about one of the defining phenomena of the art of the Twentieth Century – without it no true understanding of that era can be had. These were the myth-makers, they made the intellectual glamorous and seductive. They were cool. Featuring the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Arena: Cool was made entirely from archive footage, radio archive and photographic/printed archive.
Arena: T.S. Eliot
BBC Arena
UK / 2009
Producer: Anthony Wall
Director: Adam Low
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Andrew Wright
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
British Movietonews
Canal Plus Images
Clips and Footage
Footage Farm
ITN/British Pathe
T.S. Eliot is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century and for the first time in forty years, the TS Eliot Estate authorised a documentary about the life and work of the writer. With the full co-operation of Faber and Faber and Eliot’s widow - who gave BBC Arena exclusive access to her personal archive - Arena: T.S. Eliot tells the full story of the author of the 20th century’s most important poem, The Waste Land, and re-assesses the significance of his work in the 21st century.
Arena: T.S. Eliot has given new life to some very special archive, much of it never seen or heard before by the public. Carefully interwoven with specially shot footage, the archive brings to life the extraordinary story of T.S. Eliot, who has recently been voted the nation's favourite poet.
CHILD OF THE DEAD END (Patrick Mac Gill: Tachrán Gan Todhchaí)
GLASS MACHINE PRODUCTION
IRELAND / 2009
Producer: Desmond Bell
Director: Desmond Bell
Footage Archive Researcher(s): BONNY ROWAN
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
NATIONAL ARCHIVE (US)
BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
IRISH FILM INSTITUTE
SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVE
Award winning film maker Desmond Bell working with actor Stephen Rea explores the life and work of Donegal born, navvy poet Patrick Mac Gill whose book , 'Children of the Dead End' remains the classic account of the lives of those migrants workers from Donegal who travelled to Scotland as 'tatty hokers' in the first decades of the twentieth century. But Mac Gill's life is more than that of the navvy. He enters a career in journalism in London, then hob nobs with English royalty working in the library of Windsor castle. Like many young Irishmen he joins the British army and fights in World War I where he is wounded but continues to write of the plight of the ordinary soldier in the trenches. Later he and his family emigrate to the US where he hopes to write movies in Hollywood. His luck runs out and like many an emigrant finds himself stranded in America impoverished and to proud to ever return to Ireland. Rea narrates the story and plays Mac Gill as an old man looking back on his life.
We draw upon a rich vein of early cinema archive and live action shot in Ireland, Scotland and England, to tell the story of navvy poet, novelist, dramatist and screen writer Patrick MacGill. Born in 1889 into crushing poverty in Donegal in the west of Ireland, MacGill went on to become one of Ireland’s most successful authors. His autobiographical novels, 'Child of the Dead End' and 'The Rat Pit' , paint a vibrant picture of the life of the navvy, the labourer and the whore, “the outcasts of a mighty industrial society”. MacGill lived the life of a navvy in the Scottish highlands and in his writing fact and fiction, social report and love story mingle. We follow his rags to riches story as he fashions a career as a writer against the backdrop of a society in turmoil.
Folk America
BBC Music Entertainment
UK / 2009
Producer: Jill Nicholls
Director: Jill Nicholls
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Kalbir Dhillon
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
ALAN LOMAX ARCHIVE/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
GETTY FILMS
PRODUCERS LIBRARY SERVICE
ODDBALL FILM & VIDEO
HISTORIC FILMS/AP ARCHIVE
The first of a three par series on American Folk Music. From the recording boom of the 1920s, which unleashed the energy of ages, to the folk revival of the 1960s. In part one 'Birth of a Nation', record companies scour the South for talent to sell, This is a golden age of American Music - the Carter Family, Mimmie Rodgers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt burst onto record, eager to have a share in the new industry and the money it makes. Most lapse into obscurity when the depression strikes. Contributors include Judy Collins, Steve Earle, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger and relations of the 20s greats.
'Birth Of A Nation' looks at the period of American history between around 1925 and 1929 during which the record industry emerged as a booming economy led to a huge rise in demand for consumer goods including phonographs and records. The rich footage is from this period - from European immigrants arriving in search of the American Dream to the horror of the Great Depression. Rare footage illustrates the lives and fascinating stories of cotton pickers, hobos, mill workers and miners who struck lucky and managed to break away from the grind through their extraordinary talent.
In The Blood - The Kilfenora Céilí Band
Stray Dog for RTÉ
Ireland / 2009
Producer: Jacqueline Larkin
Director: John O'Donnell
Footage Archive Researcher(s):
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited: RTÉ
Directed by John O’Donnell and produced by Jackie Larkin for Stray Dog Films, the programme explores The Kilfenora Céilí Band, both past and present and looks at how their music evolved from the Fife and Drum band of the 1800’s into the Brass and Reid at the turn of the century before eventually settling into a ten piece band of wind and string instruments.
Ireland is proud of its musical heritage. Through skilful use of archive footage this documentary brings to life the early days of a traditional music band which has stood the test of time.
Kors' choice
P&P regisseurs.nl
The Netherlands / 2009
Producer: Paula Rennings
Director: Pieter Vlamings
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Pieter Vlamings & Paula Rennings
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited: www.korsvanbennekom.nl
A Dutch photographer Kors van Bennekom turns 75 and ends his working life. He decides to have a selection of his archive digitalized, for further use. But how do you arrive at a selection of 14,000 photos out of well over 700,000 negatives? How do you make that choice? Making the selection and everything it involves is incredibly laborious but more than that, it’s an emotionally charged project. Kors is forced to go back to his days as a photographer for a communist newspaper, his time as a theatre photographer and as a home photographer who doesn’t shy away from recording intimate moments. Kors Choice is a portrait of Kors van Bennekom in which is beautiful photos are the protagonists.
The subject of this documentary has everything to do with archive and content that’s the reason we think we can submit this film. This documentary was filmed handheld with a new RD ONE HD camera in4K. Cameraman Robert Berger opted for a fixed 50mm lens, which imposes the same restrictions that Kors van Bennekom faced before. And the result is that the quality of the old pictures matches the quality and the feel of the film.
Legends: The Andrews Sisters - Queens of the Music Machines
BBC Wales
UK / 2009
Producer: Rhodri Huw
Director: Rhodri Huw
Footage Archive Researcher(s): James Hale
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
Huntley Film Archives
Universal Studios Licensing Inc.
Clips and Footage UK
BBC
Maxene Andrews
The Andrews Sisters were the greatest girl group of all time, earning fifteen gold discs and entertaining millions of American troops during World War II. This moving film traces Patty, Maxene and LaVerne’s incredible life story through some of their greatest hits such as ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ and ‘In Apple Blossom Time’. Narrated by jazz singer Clare Teal, the programme features Mary Wilson of The Supremes and British burlesque group The Puppini Sisters.
An excellent example of archive usage in television documentary.
Legends: The Beverley Sisters - Tickled Pink
BBC Wales
UK / 2009
Producer: Ailsa Jenkins
Director: Ailsa Jenkins
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Anwen Rees
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
ITN Source / Granada
BBC
ITN/ British Pathe
Freemantle Media
Movietone
Legends: The Beverley Sisters ‘Tickled Pink’: A biographical documentary on The Beverley Sisters, charting their rise from their humble beginnings in London’s East End to the huge stars they became in the 1950’s. Joy, Teddie and Babs are remembered for their sweet image, but behind the scenes, they fought several battles about sexy costumes and saucy lyrics, many of which were banned. They were the first British female group to have a Top Ten in America, they married dashing sporting heroes and were a constant staple of British television. Featuring interviews with Jimmy Tarbuck, Cannon and Ball, Max Clifford and daughters of the sisters.
An excellent example of archive usage in television documentary.
Legends: The Motown Invasion
BBC Wales
UK / 2009
Producer: James Maycock
Director: James Maycock
Footage Archive Researcher(s): James Hale
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
BBC
Research Video Inc.
Atlantic Productions
CBS/ BBC Motion Gallery
Reelin in the Years Productions LLC
This 60-minute documentary reveals what made Motown special through the lens of two decisive moments in 1965: The Motown Revue UK tour and The Sounds of Motown Ready Steady Go! TV Special. Arriving in London in 1965, the Supremes, Martha & the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder were bussed across England, Scotland and Wales. It was a tough tour, but crucial to their success here. The TV special, recorded during the tour, finally kicked open the door for the label, thrusting Motown’s slick routines and magical music into front rooms across Britain – and things were never quite the same again.
An excellent example of archive usage in television documentary
OH MY PAPA
Mesch & Ugge
Switzerland / 2009
Producer: Beat Hirt
Director: Felice Zenoni
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Felice Zenoni &
Martina Egi
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
F.I.L.M. Archives Inc., New York
European Broadcasting Union, EBU
NBC, New York
Netherlands Broadcasting Organisation, NOS
Swiss National Broadcasting Organisation, SRG SSR idée suisse
No Swiss composer has ever been more successful than Paul Burkhard: he topped the US charts with his hit “Oh my Papa”. Now, thirty years following Burkhard's death, the personal story of the composer is finally recounted on film. While this touching film provides intimate insight into the musician's life, it looks back without a trace of nostalgia or a misty-eyed glance. Burkhard's music comes across as modern and newly arranged thanks to Swiss musicians, including Lys Assia. When they converge at Burkhard's former home for a musical summit, a journey traversing yesterday and today commences.
Oliver Postgate - A Life in Small Films
BBC
UK / 2009
Producer: Francis Welch
Director: Francis Welch
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Carmen Locke
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
Smallfilms
The Postgate Family
Goldcrest Films International Ltd
BBC
OLIVER POSTGATE - A LIFE IN SMALL FILMS celebrates the life and work of OLIVER POSTGATE, the man responsible for some of Britain's best-loved children's TV programmes, including Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog. We speak to Postgate's family and his co-creator PETER FIRMIN to reveal the story behind his most celebrated characters, and feature rarely-seen archive footage. And we also show how, as the grandson of Labour leader George Lansbury, Postgate's life was shaped by radical politics - which in turn influenced his classic creations.
OLIVER POSTGATE - A LIFE IN SMALL FILMS celebrates the beloved maker of children's programmes in a style which captures the charm of Postgate's own work. With no narrator, the story is told through Postgate's family and colleagues, his films and archive of the man himself. The documentary draws on Postgate's classics including Bagpuss, Clangers and Noggin the Nog, as well as the Postgate family's own archives. Two rare programmes, no longer held by the family or the BBC, were tracked down to the BFI. Some material, including a Pogles episode, has not been aired since the 1960s.
PAUL MERTON LOOKS AT ALFRED HITCHCOCK
BBC
UK / 2009
Producer: KATE BROOME
Director: PAUL MERTON
Footage Archive Researcher(s): TIM JORDAN
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
CANAL PLUS
GRANADA INTERNATIONAL
BUNDESARCHIV
THE HITCHCOCK ESTATE
UNIVERSAL
Paul Merton takes a fascinating in-depth look at Alfred Hitchcock's British films. These moody features - silent and talkies - provided the essential cinematic DNA for his rise to prominence as Hollywood's "master of suspense". Making use of rare archive, through which he appears to "interview" Hitchcock, Paul Merton is by turns passionate and playful about his subject as he takes us right inside the creative process that produced classics like The 39 Steps - a place where the pictures were always more important than the words. Not surprisingly, he revels in Hitchcock's often bizarre sense of humour. He also talks to those who worked with 'Hitch', both in front of and behind the camera.
UNUSUAL USE OF ARCHIVE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN ALFRED HITCHCOCK, PAUL MERTON THE DIRECTOR PRESENTER, ARCHIVE AND SPECIALLY SHOT
Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation In Three Movements
BBC Music Entertainment
UK / 2009
Producer: Chris Rodley
Director: Chris Rodley
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Kalbir Chris Dhillon
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
STUDIO HAMBURG
I.N.A.
EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
ITN SOURCE/GRANADA
PETER WHITEHEAD/CONTEMPORARY FILMS
Prog rock Britannia is the first comprehensive, feature-length documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that made it - from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull, to the trials of the lesser known bands such as Caravan and Egg. It looks at the psychedelic pop scene that gave birth to progressive rock in the late Sixties, the golden age of progressive music in the early Seventies - complete with drum solos and gatefold record sleeves - and the over-ambition, commercialisation and eventual fall from grace of this rarefied music experiment at the hand of punk in 1977. This documentary is a provocative, humourous but affectionate re-appraisal of a music that was the value system of an all-too-brief period in British popular music,
This documentary explores one of music's most misunderstood genres using rare and excellent performance footage of King Crimson, Caravan, Jethro Tull, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Nice and more. A rich seam of contextual footage illustrates the development of progressive music against a backdrop of acid and pot-fuelled happenings, student riots, Sgt Pepper, festivals, the winter of discontent and punk. Archive gems also recap Prog's more bizarre moments - Carl Palmer's two and a half tonne British Steel drum kit, Rick Wakeman seeking inspiration in a wizard's hat and ELP's mammoth articulated lorries of equipment!
Queens of British Pop
BBC Music Entertainment
UK / 2009
Producer: Dione Newton
Director:
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Jeannie Clark
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
INA MEDIA
CANAL + IMAGE
ITN SOURCE
REELIN IN THE YEARS
DISNEY ABC DOMESTIC TELEVISION
Queens of British Pop offers a celebration of six female popstars, singers and icons that lit us up from the early 60s to the late 70s. Programme One tells the story of Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie Sioux and Kate Bush - some of the femail artists that emerged alongside some of Britain's defining musical movements from the Swinging Sixties through to glam rock and punk. We give an insight into the lives of these top female artists offering first-hand or eyewitness accounts of the highs, lows and the obstacles they had to overcome. Our selected artists have pushed boundaries, played around with gender roles and had their private lives overshadow their success, but it's their experiences that have helped change the face of British pop as we know it today.
Telling the story of 6 classic British pop stars in one hour was always going to be a tricky task. The BBC may have lost a lot of its 60s music archive but we were able to illustrate the importance of the British invasion through finding rarely seen footage from European and American archives. As well as some excellent performances we got to see Sandie Shaw at work in a recording studio in 1966, Kate Bush rehearsing dance moves for her one and only tour in 1979 and Suzi Quatro starring opposite the Fonz in 'Happy Days. A rich layer of contextual archive perfectly illustrated the social scene of the 60s and 70s.
School of Saatchi
Princess Productions / Rare Day
UK / 2009
Producer: Jamie Simpson
Director: Abbigail Priddle
Footage Archive Researcher(s): James R M Hunt
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
BBC Motion Gallery
ITN Source
Scala Archives
Bridgeman Art Archive
Getty Images
Art and reality TV - would it work? Yes it did.
We got so much good press for the series it was worth submitting. It's not every day Charles Saatchi puts his name to a project.
The Beatles On Record
Apple Corps Ltd
UK / 2009
Producer: Jonathan Clyde
Director: Bob Smeaton
Footage Archive Researcher(s): Chris Purkiss
Dorcas Lynn
Top 5 Source(s) of Library Footage used in Production cited:
Apple
BBC
ITV
Canal Plus
BFI
This film charts The Beatles’ extraordinary journey from ‘Please Please Me’ to ‘Abbey Road’ and reflects how they developed as musicians, matured as songwriters and created a body of work that sounds as fresh in 2009 as the time it was recorded. Narrated by John, Paul, George, Ringo and Sir George Martin the documentary features over 60 classic songs, rare footage and photos from The Beatles’ archives and never heard before out-takes of studio chat from the Abbey Road recording sessions.
This is a 100% archive film through and through. We believe that the original use of the archive studio chat of The Beatles at work at Abbey Rd combined with photographic images results in a 3D effect that gives the viewer the impression that they are in the studio with the band.
