Abstract
ABSTRACTIn the world of the historical documentary, the archive footage arms of large media corporations control our access to images from the past. This article explores whether archive-driven historical films are possible on low budgets, discussing the strategies used to research, clear and license footage for my recent archive-driven feature documentary Children of the Revolution (2010). I note the critical misalignment between the cost of licensing archive footage and the production budgets and prices paid for creative documentaries by broadcasters.On a broader level, I examine public policy towards these repositories of historical evidence and analyse the hypothesis of the recent Hargreaves report (2011), that ‘Copyright licensing [in the audiovisual archive sector] is not fit for purpose for the digital age’ (Hooper 2012: 21). I also consider alternative models for archive-driven historical films that stretch the form while skirting the clearance complications and expense of the standard industry model.
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