Presented by Howard Berry, Principal Lecturer for Film and Television at University of Hertfordshire
About the presentation
A ‘sequel’ to Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group’s March 2025 event (Film Studios: Infrastructure, Architecture, Afterlife), celebrating the centenary of Elstree Studios.
Film expert Howard Berry will take the audience behind-the-scenes of the legendary Elstree studios to explore its industrial archaeology. Featuring oral histories of production staff who ‘made’ the studio: from carpenters to set-designers, floor managers to camera operators.
More information to follow. Advance tickets (below).
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Elstree Film Studios 1938.
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About the presenters
Howard Berry is Principal Lecturer and Head of Post-Production for Film and Television in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, consultant to the Stanley Kubrick Estate and Warner Bros and contributor to the Elstree Project.
Howard’s research interests include: film heritage, the production methodologies of Stanley Kubrick, Elstree and Borehamwood's film studios, and film editing and its workflows and methods.
Howard has documented the use and craft of the Moviola film editing machine in a documentary (released: 2024).
Admission information
The talk will take place in the Pye Building at Cambridge Museum of Technology. Entrance on the night is via the Museum’s Cheddars Lane gate on Cheddars Lane.
Tickets for the talk are available :
on the door (cash or card) for £5 a head, £3 for students. Members and Volunteers of Cambridge Museum of Technology can attend for free.
There will be free light refreshments courtesy of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE).
About Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group (CIAG)
CIAG organises a programme of talks on industrial heritage at Cambridge Museum of Technology during spring-summer (March-June) and autumn (September-December) when talks usually take place at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month (check website for confirmation). For further information about Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group contact Robin Chandler.
Proceeds from CIAG meetings support the work of Cambridge Museum of Technology (UK registered charity 1156685), the home of Cambridge’s industrial heritage.
For further information on the Museum contact: info@museumoftechnology.com