The Researcher's Guide to Screen Heritage

The Researcher’s Guide to Screen Heritage is based on the data from two sources. The first comprises the established BUFVC reference work, The Researcher's Guide: Film, Television, Radio and Related Documentation Collections in the UK . It has entries on over 640 film, television, radio and related documentation collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It features national and regional archives as well as stockshot libraries and collections held by local authorities, museums, institutions of further and higher education, industrial companies and private individuals.

The second describes the extensive collection of screen heritage artefacts that are held in UK collections. These physical artefacts combine to represent all the key practices within screen history including the magic lantern, film, television and the digital present. They include magic lanterns and slides, optical toys, film production equipment, television & video equipment, cinema equipment & fittings, artwork for animation, sets & costumes, sound technology, toys & games and documentation (such as photographs, scripts, sheet music and personal papers).

Each record has live e-mail and weblinks (where these are available), and the data is regularly updated by the BUFVC's Information Service. Please pass any comments to rgo@bufvc.ac.uk

Guide to Screen Artefacts

We have organised the vast range of Screen Heritage artefacts into ten broad categories. Each of these categories is broken down into a list of artefacts.

Click here to access the Guide to Screen Artefacts

How To Search

The General Search box is a free text search that scans the entire site. You can then define the search by institution or collection title, moving image, sound, documentation and artefact. All these can be used in combination.

Artefacts also has an advanced search. Here you can use a free text search and Institution/Collection title search across records that contain artefacts. You can also search by Category by clicking the relevant box(es). The Guide to Screen Artefacts gives more information about these categories and the artefacts within them.