The Humming Projector

20 – Special: Q & A with Phil Sheard at Blackpool 2025

This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Phil Sheard, the owner of Classic Home Cinema, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 16th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool. A huge thanks to Phil Sheard, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording! Links: The Q&A on Super8database's YouTube channel Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention Classic Home Cinmea

19 – The British Entertainment History Project

Over the years, Britain developed into one of the world’s major centers of the film and television industries. And behind all the great movies that have been produced over the years, there are many men and women who made it all come together and their stories are an important part of the history. In this episode, we talk to Sue Malden about the British Entertainment History Project who seeks out to document and preserve this history while key players are still with us. Sue is an independent media archive management consultant and formerly the head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, and is one of the lead figures at the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP). Some topics in this episode: Some topics in this episode: What was the motivation for creating the BEHP, and when did it start? Who does the project interview? Who performs the interviews? The wide range of people they interview (not all are white male actors) Several well known productions are mentioned, like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Who and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines We learn how Sue became a secretary of the BEHP when she arrived late for a meeting. Challenges of running the organization More volunteers are needed and how can they join? Links The British Entertainment History Project The Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention

18 – Film is Fabulous!

In this episode we talk with former head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, Sue Malden , professor of Cinema and Television History at the De Montfort University, Justin Smith, and long time collector John Franklin. They are some of the people behind Film is Fabulous!, an organization run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which aims to support private collectors in the United Kingdom, in order to preserve vulnerable film treasures. Some of the topics in this episode What is Film is Fabulous! ? What was the motivation that lead to their establishment, and why do they seek to become a charitable trust? What happen to the films when they are collected? Preserving knowledge about film handling, and knowledge about the film collecting culture The importance of trust Making the rediscovered material available to the public Screenings at The vintage television festival Sunday 11th May - We are let into the secret on a couple of the rediscovered titles that will be shown. Restoration in the digital age What have they learned after their pilot study? Links Information about The Vintage Television Festival in the Film is Fabulous! website The booking page (with seating plan) on the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre website

17 – Super 8 Database

Five years ago, the super 8 database was launched. At that time it had been in the works for two years, but was finally in a state where it could be made public. Greg Perry joins Eivind to talk about making the database, the road to the current state, and its place in the community Topics in this episode The motivation make the database How Greg got into the project How has the road to the current state been Its place in the community What can we expect in the future? Links Super8warehouse Derann Vaults off2 Super8rezensionen

16 – BFCC Lite With Talking Pictures TV

The British Film Collectors’ Convention is back! Together with Talking Pictures TV, they Present BFCC Lite the 29th of September in the UK. But how did a TV channel and a group of film collectors find each other? What makes a TV channel, which gathers millions of viewers each week, different from other TV channels, and why do they care about film? Listen to this week’s episode where we talk to John and Mark from BFCC and Sarah from Talking Pictures. Some highlights of this episode We learn about Talking Pictures TV, a TV station with five million viewers each week Talking Pictures profile, and relationship to film. Black and white movies the other TV stations have forgotten with film as a source material on a daily basis Difficulties running a free TV station Talking Pictures’ Special relationship with the viewers. Talking to viewers at the Christmas time How did BFCC and Talking Pictures find each other for the BFCC Lite event? And why is it called Lite? The new place St Albans and the guests that are coming to the event Links Buy tickets from Renown Pictures Ltd BFCC Talking Pictures