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For the past 30 years the Yorkshire Film Archive has been finding, preserving and sharing remarkable film footage which documents life in Yorkshire in days gone by.  From fewer than 30 films on a single shelf, the Archive has grown to over 30,000 items of film, video tape, and now born-digital material. 

Each of those frames of film holds part of the story of Yorkshire over the past 120 years. Together the collections are an extraordinary record of our times, from the changes in industry and employment, to the evolving landscape and architecture of our cities and surrounds.  They capture  working lives, home lives, our time at school, at study, and at play, building into a unique visual legacy of Yorkshire.

As Chair of the Archive I am passionate about making sure these films are preserved and made available for more and more people to enjoy. 

But time is running out; the original collections, whether on film or video tape, are already deteriorating, and without vital preservation work, these amazing images will be lost forever. 

As part of a major fundraising push to preserve and digitise more of the films we hold I have set myself a personal target of raising £3,000 to contribute to this vital work.  I hope you will help me to help to preserve a legacy for us all.

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