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BUFVC NEWS

The latest news from the British Universities Film & Video Council

 

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Researcher's Guide - new edition 

The BUFVC is delighted to announce the publication of the latest edition of
its seminal reference work, The Researcher's Guide: Film, Television, Radio
& Related Documentation Collections in the UK. This 2006 edition of The
Researcher's Guide has been completely revised and updated. Known as the
media researcher's 'bible' and first published in 1981, this 7th edition now
has details for over 640 audio-visual collections from the United Kingdom
and Ireland. It features national and regional film and television archives
as well stockshot libraries and collections held by local authorities,
museums, institutions of further and higher education, industrial companies
and private individuals. www.bufvc.ac.uk/news

 

Winners of the Channel 4 Archaeology Awards 2006

The Channel 4 Awards are administered by the joint Council for British
Archaeology/British Universities Film & Video Council Committee for
Audio-Visual Education (CAVE) and form part of the biennial British
Archaeological Awards. Judging of the awards took place at the BUFVC's
offices in July and the results were announced at the British Archaeological
Awards ceremony held in Birmingham on 6 November 2006. The Awards were
presented by Mick Aston, Emeritus Professor of Bristol University and member
of the Time Team. www.bufvc.ac.uk/news


Peter Morley - A Life Rewound

The Royal Television Society has published an ebook of the memoirs of Peter
Morley, the pioneering film and television producer, whose career goes back
to the very start of ITV in 1955, when he joined Associated-Rediffusion as a
freelance director/producer. He was responsible for an eclectic mix of
programmes, ranging from ITV's first opera, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, to major
outside broadcasts such as the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, and
the memorable KITTY - RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ. Morley also made a host of single
documentaries and long-running series, including THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD
MOUNTBATTEN, THIS WEEK and WOMEN OF COURAGE. In later years he pioneered the
first interactive videodiscs, the forerunners of CDs and DVDs. His memoirs,
entitled A Life Rewound, are available to download from the RTS website, and
there is a link to them from the BUFVC's Publications page.
www.bufvc.ac.uk/news