The Glorious Dream

From the collection of

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton collects, preserves, catalogues and provides public access to its collection of films and magic lantern slides. The collection charts the rise of screen culture in the region and the nation and captures many aspects of life, work and creativity in the South East from the late 19th century to the present day. It is available for research, screenings, creative re-use and commercial access.

The Glorious Dream

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Moulsecomb
2003-02-18
Sound

Ride this roller-coaster of images, sights and sounds as you are introduced to the glorious dream that became the University of Brighton

What began as a Glorious Dream becomes, in just over twenty minutes, the reality of the University of Brighton, in this fascinating short film from 2003. It tells that remarkable and at times tempestuous story through archive stills, newspaper headlines and moving images - starting with the institution's origins in the 19th century right up to its 10th anniversary as an accredited university in 2003. Aimed very much at the university's Malaysian alumni association, it opens with a message of welcome from Professor Sir David Watson, the then Vice-Chancellor, before relating the story of how, after a century or more of amalgamations, mergers and acquisitions, the University of Brighton came into being.

University of Brighton Videotape Collection

A cohesive collection from Screen Archive South East representing the production history of a university production unit from 1977 to 2006. This collection contains educational programmes created for classroom use as well as programmes and commercial narratives that were made on behalf of local businesses, organisations and the community.

Screen Archive South East has made available from across this collection, a total of eighty four programmes from a variety of obsolete open reel 1-inch tape, U-Matic and Betacam broadcast formats. This cohesive collection represents the production history of a higher and further education based production unit, with content covering a wide range of subjects: teaching the arts and sciences, fashion shows and art exhibitions, early examples of video art and screen dance from the late 1970s to early 1980; documentaries on Sussex artists and a series of works on the institution’s commemorative and promotional history. As such, the collection documents a particular regional community and its use of videotape technology over almost a thirty-year period. The high production values in the work created by Media Services at Brighton Polytechnic later, the University of Brighton, was due to the team of independent film makers or ex-BBC technical and production staff, ensuring top quality programming for the time.

46 videos in this collection