Week 13: 19-25 February 2025
In this special edition of the blog we reflect on the Archiving in the Age of (Super) Abundance symposium, which took place at BFI Southbank (and online) on 13 February.
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Screen Culture 2033: progress updates
Week 12: 12-18 February 2025
This week learn more about how you can help us collect online moving image and the student placements we have in the curatorial team.
Week 11: 5-11 February 2025
This week read about a group of volunteers that visited the archive, our event for cinephile sleuths, and how we’re developing opportunities for traineeships in the Conservation Centre.
Week 10: 29 January – 4 February 2025
Learn more about how the archive was involved in a project exploring how to connect collections from across the UK and how you can tune into our event, Archiving in the Age of (Super) Abundance.
Week 9: 22-28 January 2025
Learn more about how our Special Collections team are shining a spotlight on unsung script supervisors and how our Documentation team are marking a new milestone in the use of AI technology.
Week 8: 15-21 January 2025
Learn more about Douglas Slocombe’s home movies and how the archive uses 3D printers in our latest blog.
Week 7: 8-14 January 2025
This week learn more about The Story of Us, film cleaning feats and what we were watching on New Year’s Day 1985
Week 6: 1-7 January 2025
This week learn more about a recent visit from the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, the archive’s ‘Top 5’ titles and the late, great Malcolm Le Grice.
Week 5: 11-17 December 2024
Learn more about deaccessioning, ‘orphan manifestations’ and how a silent landmark inspired this year’s Christmas must-have.
Week 4: 4-10 December 2024
In this edition we explore the importance of barcode scanning, discover a lost world in a Tring basement and examine the anatomy of a trailer.
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