Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue

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Reference
X1002
Title
Bedford Film Society
Date free text
1949 onwards
Production date
From: 1949 To: 2016
Creator
Bedford Film Society
Admin/biog history
In November 1949 John Chetham, owner of the Bedford Picturedrome, and others got together to form the Bedford Film Society. The first season of films began on 29 January 1950. The objects of the society are to show films of cultural, historical, educational and technical value, to encourage the appreciation of the film as an art form by means of lectures, discussions and film shows and to promote interest in the technique of film production. Originally films were shown at the Picturedrome. After that closed in 1964 they used the Plaza until 1969. The society then operated from the Guildhouse and Mander College but by the late 1970s had moved most of its programme to the Civic Theatre. After the closing of the Civic Theatre the venue became Trinity Arts & Leisure, Bromham Road. In 1980 the Society won the BFFS award for the Best Town Film Society and the following year they wond a further award for the quality of their programming. In 2006 the society won the BFFS 60th Anniversary Award for its outstanding contribution over more than 50 years. As of March 2016 the society is still in being.
Scope and Content
Minute Books, Accounts, Press Cuttings, Programmes, Correspondence, Award Certificates
Level of description
fonds