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ERYC/16/6

Contains BBC Look North broadcast features for East Riding Archives and Local Studies Document of the Month Dec 2008 'Christmas Boxes', family history 'Roots Uncovered' 2009, Document of the Month Nov 2009 'Toronto Pioneer', East Riding Archives and Local Studies Film and Sound Archive launch Feb 2010 and 'Treasure House opening' Mar 2007.

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Contains excerpts relating to the new East Riding Archives and Local Studies Film and Sound Archive which was formally launched on 11 Feb 2010. Mainly contains footage relating to the Howden Airship crash in 1921. Timing Action on Film (00:15) Peter Levy on 'Look North' TV news programme of [11 Feb 2010] describes how film footage of the Howden airship crash has been made available in the new Film and Sound Archive in Beverley. (00:38) Kenneth Deacon, an airship historian, explains the importance of this 1921 film of the R38 wreckage. (01:08) The R38 on a test flight. (01:12) R38 debris floating on the River Humber. The commentator explains how the disaster occurred. (01:27) Of the 49 people on board, only 5 survived. (01:29) The front cover of the New York Times on [25 Aug 1921, announcing the disaster (01:35) The site of the former Howden Airship Base. (01:41) Kenneth Deacon shows us one of the huge metal airship anchor points which still exist at the site today. (01:52) Footage of the airship attached to a mooring device. The disaster triggered the closure of the Howden Airship Base. (02:00) Councillor Jane Evison explains how the new Digital Archive is preserving moving images so that the public can have access to them. (02:13) As we watch some archive footage of the airship wreckage being salvaged, Kenneth Deacon explains how important this disaster was to the history of Hull. (02:30) The commentator points out that the disaster put an end to airship building in Britain. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual room