Vintage Snooker footage

[spike]

A few weeks back i was looking on the 'British film institute' website and had a look to see what footage they had on 1970s Snooker. They had a good amount of old footage some dating back from 1971 to around 1990 but i'm sure they have more recent footage. I made an appointment not so long ago with the BFI to look at various matches and to make notes at their research centre in London. A couple of matches that i got to see were the 1978 Daily Mirror Champion Of Champions plus the 1978 Dry Blackthorn Cup between Alex Higgins and Ray Reardon. Of course there is a fee to see these tapes but for me it was well worth it. The site is worth a look at if your interested in the early days of Snooker. Just thought i'd tell my fellow members incase any of you are indeed interested.

[noel]

Spike ...


Good find... what is the url?



=o)

Noel



A few weeks back i was looking on the 'British film institute' website ... The site is worth a look at if your interested in the early days of Snooker. Just thought i'd tell my fellow members incase any of you are indeed interested.

[spike]

It is www.bfi.org.uk
I just came across it by searching on google though. I was specifically looking for details on 'pro-celebrity Snooker from the 1978 and googled it took me to the page on BFI containing all the footage they had. There is a search bar on that page where i entered in certain matches apart from pro-celebrity Snooker which i was interested in and they had them too!

[noel]

spike THANKS! noel

[Perry]

You may also look here:
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx-about 226
There has been an URL(snnookerarchive.com/footagelibrary.htm) two years ago-but is for sale now-sorry:(

[bongo]

Can we watch the videos on the website for free? Do we need to sign up?

Thanks.

[pat39]

A few weeks back i was looking on the 'British film institute' website and had a look to see what footage they had on 1970s Snooker. They had a good amount of old footage some dating back from 1971 to around 1990 but i'm sure they have more recent footage. I made an appointment not so long ago with the BFI to look at various matches and to make notes at their research centre in London. A couple of matches that i got to see were the 1978 Daily Mirror Champion Of Champions plus the 1978 Dry Blackthorn Cup between Alex Higgins and Ray Reardon. Of course there is a fee to see these tapes but for me it was well worth it. The site is worth a look at if your interested in the early days of Snooker. Just thought i'd tell my fellow members incase any of you are indeed interested.

Thanks for the info Spike. How much do they charge to view the tapes.

[spike]

It's £10 an hour plus VAT.