Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2

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.

Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Brighton
1986-03-20
Sound

The advantages Brighton Polytechnic has to offer are on display in this short promotional programme

This promotional programme from 1986 shows the benefits of choosing Brighton Polytechnic as a place to live and study. Through a number of sequences and interviews with students, tutors and employers, the programme presents a picture of Brighton Polytechnic as an institution that is very much geared to the future careers of its students. Though it begins with students lauding the vibrant atmosphere, pleasant environment and range of facilities available, the latter section of the programme emphasises the role that the Polytechnic plays in preparing its students for the world of work. After an extensive series of vignettes showing humanities and science students at work in classrooms, laboratories, lecture theatres and on work placements, we also see outside companies, like Eurotherm and British Rail, comment on their involvement in graduate career prospects and development. The films also shows foreign students attending courses, whether full-time like those from Malaysia, with whom the Polytechnic had close ties, or exchange students who attend for a limited period. The programme also features a mature student who praises the institution as being one of the best places in the UK to study and practice book-binding.

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

The Glorious Dream

Moulsecomb
2003-02-18

Chelsea School of Human Movement Promo

Eastbourne
1991-02-20

Chelsea College: Student Memories

1997