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Promotional Showreels for Spitting Image Productions Limited and Its Subsidiaries, 1995 - 1997

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/9

Scope and Contents

An assortment of video cassette tapes that contain promotional showreels for Spitting Image Productions Limited, along with its subsidiaries, Bazaar Films Limited and Screwball Films Limited. These showreels were produced to highlight the artistic output of these companies to prospective clients, whether they be advertising firms, television networks or film production companies.

The following are present:

1. A small Betacam SP tape with an 'edit master' showreel for Screwball Films, dated 9 January 1995.

2. A home VHS tape that is labelled as 'Spitting Image Showreel July 1994.' The cardboard sleeve that it comes in is marked as 'Commercials,' and there is a piece of paper inside that lists the commercials on the tape, including footage for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter margarine and Cadbury's Cream Eggs. The tape is dated 11 January 1995.

3. A home VHS tape that is labelled 'Lecture Showreel,' dated 27 January 1995. However, its cardboard sleeve is marked as 'Compilation Reel 96 including Tarantino' [the tape's contents need to be verified].

4. A Digital Betacam tape with a 'sub master' showreel for Bazaar Films, dated 20 December 1995.

5, A home VHS tape labelled 'Compilation Reel April 96 including Tarantino.' Its cardboard sleeve is labelled, on the spine, 'Tarantino sketches'. The tape is dated 10 April 1996.

6. A Digital Betacam tape with a 'master' showreel for Bazaar Films, labelled as 'Showreel Spring 1996.' The tape is dated 20 May 1996.

7. A Digital Betacam tape with a 'master' showreel for Bazaar Films, labelled as 'John Henderson & Sara Anne Kennedy & Andy de Emmony Summer 96.' The tape is dated 13 June 1996.

8. A home VHS tape labelled, 'Spitting Image Corporate Showreel,' and is dated 8 May 1997.

Dates

  • Creation: 1995 - 1997

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - held by Roger Law. However, the footage on the commercials showreel may be held by other parties.

Extent

1 archive box(es) (Video cassettes are stored in their original cases/sleeves, stored in two-seamed envelopes.) : Magnetic tape; paper; plastic

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

These tapes were originally stored in different boxes and containers. They have subsequently been merged and listed together in this series.

General

Other tapes with showreels have been weeded out of the archive, either due to duplication or because of a carrier's condition.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom