Staffordshire Film Archive
More Information is available on the SFA website.
All SFA screenings are free of charge. Please note that seats cannot be reserved - arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Wed 17 Feb 7.45pm
Film Premiere - DESTINATION TITAN
A documentary charting the career of UK planetary scientist John Zarnecki, and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's moon Titan. Produced by University graduates Richard Edwards and Stephen Slater and featuring Patrick Moore - shown at the Science Museum in London the previous week.
Wed 24 Feb 7.45pm
BLACKPOOL ROCK
Always popular with local filmmakers - a selection of archive films spanning a century of seaside entertainment and fun, with a special feature on the "Showzam" event in the Winter Gardens the previous week. Seaside, circus, variety, fairgrounds and the Pleasure Beach.
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Wed 3 Mar 7.45pm
Film Premiere - PRIDE IN THE PITS
Throughout the 20th century coal mining was at the heart of industry and communities across North Staffordshire. This new documentary by North Staffordshire based documentary film-makers Inspired Film and Video will look at the importance of coal mining across the area and look at how it has shaped the communities we live in today.
Wed 10 Mar 7.45pm
THE PROUD VALLEY
70th Anniversary One of Paul Robeson's most popular films and, although set in Wales, it features film of North Staffordshire locations - notably Silverdale Colliery. There are extracts, extras - and scenes from other period films where Stoke shows up on screen.
Wed 17 Mar 7.45pm
20th CENTURY VOICES
In producing documentaries for over 30 years, Ray Johnson has interviewed key people on film relating to Stoke and its history - sadly, most of these people are no longer with us. This will be a chance to see and hear again a selection of interviews with some of the architects of Stoke's development since Federation.
Wed 24 Mar 7.45pm
CENTENARY OF FEDERATION
The earliest films of Stoke and Newcastle. Newly digitised at the BBC, this is a chance to see the earliest moving images of North Staffordshire afresh - linked with period sound interviews with people who were alive at the time of Federation in 1910.
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Wed 14 Apr 7.45pm
MOVIE RETROSPECT 2010
A showcase of the work of Stoke Cine & Video Society presenting a programme of recent award winning videos made by members of the Society.
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