| Description | The files contains Bill Douglas' and Peter Jewell's short home movies. There are twenty-two films in total and they are on super 8mm film. The following titles are in the file: 'Rousden', 'Grace Mary', 'Rubber Gloves', 'The Summer House', '4 Temperaments'; 'Party', 'Dead Man', 'Watercress File', 'Woman in the Park', 'Cliches', 'Computer Suitor', 'Fever', 'Still Life', 'Small World', 'Travel', 'Forde Abbey', 'Opera', 'Unnamed' which includes title cards for 'The Kiss' which was never made, 'Chekov Part I', 'Chekov Part II', 'Pete's Pieces Film', 'Misc Film'. File also includes: a handwritten list of films by Peter Jewell and reporter's notebook which has storyboard like images for the home movies; 6 test shots of Colin Blau's wife Hazel for 'A Visit to Friends' (1968) and negatives (black and white). Also Glasgow Short Film Festival catalogue from 2024, which showed a selection of the home movies curated by Andy Kimpton-Nye with musical accompaniment. There was a q and a by Peter Jewell after the screening. |
| AdminHistory | Together, Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell made a number of short home movies before Douglas applied to Film School. Jewell bought Douglas a Super 8 Camera for Christmas in 1966. Through these films you see their experimenting with different techniques, including stop-motion animation and trick photography. There is an increasing professionalism and skill with title cards and credits (made by Bill). Both Douglas and Jewell take on various roles during the making of these films anda number of their neighbours and friends appear in the films. A lot of the films are shot in and around their flat in Archers Street (Soho) which provides insight into Soho during the 1960s. |