Remembering 1960s British Cinema-going

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'Remembering 1960s British Cinema-going' follows on from the earlier AHRC-funded project 'Cultural Memory and British Cinema-going of the 1960s,' which was designed to collect - by means of questionnaires and interviews - memories of those who went to British cinemas half a century ago. The earlier project (2013-15) stimulated much public interest. 11 screenings were originally proposed as a means of involving people in the project. These were so enthusiastically received that ultimately we organised 30 screenings across the UK and gave 14 talks about the project's work. Many more people than we originally anticipated returned questionnaires, either online or in paper form, and we were frequently told that completing the questionnaire, being interviewed by the project team or participating in one of our events had been an enjoyable experience, prompting more memories for those who remember the 1960s. Younger people found that our events offered insight into the different world of cinema-going of their parents' or grandparents' generation. The principal aim of the 'Remembering 1960s British Cinema-going' project is to bring the wealth of research produced by the earlier project to the attention of a much greater variety of audiences and publics. It will also encourage the use of the Digital Collection of anonymised project questionnaires and interviews on the UCL Library website, an output of the original project, by members of the wider community as well as scholars. To achieve these aims, we will organise - with diverse partners - a series of well-publicised events appealing to different sections of the UK community. 3 large 'immersive 60s cinema' events will imaginatively recreate the experience of 60s cinema-going. These will bring together those who have personal memories of the 60s with younger people interested in aspects of the culture of the time. From our earlier research, we have discovered that many people have very specific memories of going to the cinema in particular localities. We will join with local civic, history societies, film clubs and University of the Third Age (U3A) branches to present and discuss these local findings in 23 further events across the UK. Our research has also identified a different culture of cinema-going amongst some groups, including members of the BAME and LGBT communities, and we will outline these findings with members of the groups concerned at 9 further events. Because cinema-going memories throw a special light on British history of the 1960s, with many films addressing social, cultural and political issues of the day, we will demonstrate the relevance of our work to teachers and students of AS/A-level courses on modern British history through 9 school events, 2 of them 'Study Days' organised in association with the British Film Institute. Our digital collection of 60s cinema-going materials will be of particular interest to such teachers and students, since it will encourage and support individual or collective research and project work. It will also be relevant to members of the U3A who are studying particular films or genres. The presentation of our findings and the existence of the Digital Collection will make, we believe, an important contribution to the identification and preservation of our cultural heritage, offering in particular a further stimulus to local history projects dealing with cinemas and cinema-going among the communities and organisations with whom we collaborate, in particular among BAME and LGBT groups, as well as local civic societies, history associations and film clubs. We also trust that our 'immersive 60s cinema' events will have a broad impact, proving successful enough to be adopted by the cinema industry itself.