FAUK commissioned report 'Invisible Innovators' launched by UEA
Next meeting? 28th June 2021Film Archives UK (FAUK) brings together archives, archivists, associate organisations and individuals who are interested in and committed to the work and development of the UK’s public sector film archives.
For a taste of the material we hold, why not watch our video showcasing some of the treasures from our collections?
The UEA’s report, ‘Invisible Innovators', making women filmmakers visible across the UK’s Film Archives is now available. It has been commissioned by Film Archives UK to explore the current scale and scope of the holdings of women’s amateur filmmaking within the regional and national film and media archives and to investigate ways of optimising their visibility. 6.3.20
FAUK'S next quarterly meeting will take place via ZOOM on Monday 28th June 2021 2-4pm. Zoom invites will be sent to Members in due course. We hope all our Members and friends are keeping safe and well. For more information about FAUK and membership, please contact administrator@filmarchives.org.uk
Media Archive for Central England
Those of you who have seen Ron Howard’s Niki Lauda and James Hunt biopic, Rush, will have seen the film contains archive images of the two racing heroes in the 1970s. One of these extracts was supplied to the film by MACE.
The extract of archive film is from 18th July 1975 and was taken from an interview conducted by ATV Today sports reporter Gary Newbon on practice day of the British Formula 1 at Silverstone, in which the two drivers discuss the forthcoming race, their cars and a new chicane on the track. In 1975 James Hunt was driving for Hesketh Racing and Lauda was driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
It’s a good interview, with the two drivers looking relaxed and bantering with each other sharing what comes across in this interview as a friendly rivalry and mutual respect.
A year later James Hunt was racing for McLaren and won the Championship.
The archive, from the ATV Today collection we hold, is the copyright of ITV and was licensed to the film by clip sales company ITN Source. If you’re going to see the film, have a look at our compilation above and see if you can spot the extract.
