The Archive contains audio-visual recordings of events, people and places mainly in Luton. There are over 1350 digital movies of Luton and other movies of general interest. The main coverage is from 1998 onwards but there is also some restored cine footage going back to the 1960's. This is a unique collection of recordings many of which are about Luton, Bedfordshire. They have mostly been digitised, but the original media formats, such as Cine Tape, VHS/C, VHS, Hi8, S-VHS, MiniDV, HDV, AVCHD are also held. There are also some digital computer generated animation files. The movies in this archive vary in duration and quality, ranging from a few minutes to six hours or more. The listings are at three levels of detail. At the most detailed level a few of the short movies have links to online files which are viewable, e.g. on Youtube.

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Level 1: List of All Movies with Date and Title

Level 2: List of All Movies with Date, Title, Length, Author, Record format, Distribution format (Over 300KB. Too large to print.)

Level 3: Lists of Movies with links to detailed descriptions and online media contents:
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The archive may be regarded a group of collections that various people have created over the years. The primary collections are -

Luton Local History Collection by Frank McPartland Local History films of Luton. Recorded in DV. 1999 on.

• FlickinFilms of Frank McPartland's recorded performances, 2012

Raw Video for "The Way We Are" by Luton Movie Makers Snapshot of Luton filmed in a 24-hour period for Anglia TV 30/4/04-1/5/04 by Luton Movie Makers Members. Recorded in DV. 2004 only.

Luton Movie Makers Collection "Drama" movies made by members of the club. Mostly recorded on DV tapes. (Note documentary movies made by the club are listed elsewhere in the archive, eg. by date. Mostly recorded in DV. Between 2002 and 2014. Together with:-

• Superpaulman3 Collection of Scott Bailey with trailers of "Drama" movies made by Scott and short experimental effects movies, from 2010 on.
• The Dreampw collection of Elizabeth Adunni Haruna covering fashion, lifestyle and modelling, from 2007 on, togeter with
• The Adunni collection of Elizabeth Adunni Haruna covering fashion, lifestyle and modelling, from 2007 on
• The Joao Morais collection of Padro Morais covering C.E.L church, choral music, preaching, from 2009 on

Be Proud of Luton 2016 on by Martin Gazeley Public Performances in Luton recorded in HD 1080p. 2016 on.

Local Issues Collection by Doreen Steinberg Champion of Democracy - Covering Social Issues, Local Concerns and Politics. Recorded in HD. 2009 on.

Holidays from Luton Collection by Paul Clarke General holiday movies including short day trip bus and train rides away from Luton to coach tours and air travel to overseas destinations. Recorded in various formats through time: VHS/c, DV, HDV and HD. 1997 on.

Immersive Dimension 3D Collection by Paul Clarke Assorted Luton, Holidays and Nature, Recorded in HD full side-by-side format. Produced in hsbs for 3D TVs. 2012 on.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

RC Model Warships Collection by Martin Gazeley A compilation of short videos of Radio Controlled Model Warships and RC Model Submarines both on the lake or on display. 2017 on.

British Masters Swimming Collection by Paul Clarke Masters and Seniors (swimmers aged 18 and over) Swimming Competitions. Recorded in various formats through time: VHS/c, DV, HDV, AVCHD 3D. 1997 on.