Posted in Magic lanterns on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The survey has uncovered small collections that often dip below the radar because they are held by organisations other than museums and archives and Anti-Slavery International is a good example of one of these. Founded in 1839, it is one of the world’s oldest international human rights organisations and has a significant collection of [...]
Posted in Magic lanterns on November 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Hoare biunial (two-lens) magic lantern, National Media Museum collection
There’s a thoughtful article (’Shapes of things to come’ 
by Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post, reviewing a recreation of a nineteenth-century magic lantern show, which is relevant to the broad concept of screen heritage.
Kennicott went to see a lantern show present by the Belgian Herman Bollaert [...]
Posted in Documentation, Magic lanterns on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
John Wesley courtesy of Elsbury Images
Elsbury Images Magic Lantern Powerpoint
Many substantial collections of moving image artefacts in the United Kingdom have been built over many years, fuelled by the enthusiasm of an individual. Elsbury Images is the commerical aspects of such a personal collection which includes magic lanterns and magic lantern slides from 1880-1910, [...]
Posted in Magic lanterns on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Hand-coloured photographic song slide, c.1905, Stephen Herbert Collection
Screen heritage, for us, means more than just the cinema or television. As the definition of screen heritage on this site puts it:
Screen heritage begins with the magic lantern in the 17th century and continues through to this day with our online culture.
So we are interested in [...]
Posted in Documentation, Magic lanterns, Network members, Technology on September 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Screen Archive South East is a member of the Film Archive Forum, one of the organisations behind the UK Screen Heritage Network. It is the public sector moving image archive for the South East. Established in 1992 at the University of Brighton as the South East Film & Video Archive, the function of this regional [...]
