Wessex Film and Sound Archive

The Wessex Film and Sound Archive (WFSA), based at Hampshire Record Office, has records of visual and aural history, from late Victorian times to the present day.

The Archive contains over 38,000 film and sound recordings relating to central southern England (including Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire), including film and tapes of local television and radio.

Our collection highlights

• Oral history recordings
• Newsreels and professional films of local events
• Local radio tapes
• A wealth of amateur film and video
• Documentary films
• Gramophone discs and tapes of local interest
• Local TV and radio programmes from 1958 to the present day
• Research, advertising and newsreel films of interest from 1897 onwards

How to view our collection

You can visit the WFSA YouTube Channel or you can find out more about our collection.

Watch our films online or search our catalogue

You can also:

• visit the BFI website
• visit us and view films and listen to sound recordings free of charge in our public search room, without appointment
• loan DVDs with Archive Film for Reminiscence

Copying services

We can provide copies of many film and sound items, either for commercial or private use.

We make copies to the highest standard possible but quality depends on the quality of the original item. We aim to provide copies promptly but may not proceed until we have obtained any necessary permissions from copyright owners which may take several weeks.

Payment will be requested after permissions have been obtained and a copy has been produced. We charge for the time taken to produce a copy.

See our fees and charges