Selling our Archive

Why this archive is for sale

Selling our archive will ensure that all our clips are saved for posterity. The ideal place for them to be located is within a world archive for Scottish heritage or world ethnology.  As all the clips are digitised and linked to a searchable data base they are in the ideal format for utility by such a new owner to optimise.  Carney Heritage Productions Ltd is a one man business I cannot give the archive the exposure that a leading collection can facilitate.

Because this is the reality that I face I therefore put my unique authentic validated archive on the market to any organisation who can save it for posterity. They must also be capable of providing access to world audiences. We supply you with a listing of all our clips and thumbnails showing the topics and scope of our award winning world distributed footage.

Content

Our archive consists of 2,537 clips to date. We continually add to this number. This widely used archive was started in 1989 by myself  Dr Don Carney from Aberdeenshire in Scotland. My motivation for creating this new archive  was pride in  and for my Scottish ancestors and all they the ordinary people have given us all.  The archive to date contains 530 hours of unique footage about how the ordinary people lived and worked. Although the footage was filmed in Aberdeenshire it is representative of life and work of the ordinary persons story world wide. We all share a common sense of identity. The archive to date has proved this because we have retailed our footage to 13 countries. The time scale that our footage captures is from the late 1800s to today.

Utility to date

Our authentic clips and  knowledge of oor heritage has featured in many TV appearances locally, nationally and internationally. I have also presented many academic papers about our archive to national and international audiences. For my innovatory work in this field of scholarly research I have been awarded with the first PhD of its kind in the world featuring the capture of Scottish heritage on film and utilising the Scots language and the Doric dialect.

Authentic footage diversely endorsed

 There are no actors used in the clips but I features the ordinary people telling their story their way . Showing first hand how the past used to be for them and their ancestors. To date the archive footage has been used by and in visitor attractions, universities, researchers, museums and galleries. The footage is made available for use as validated educational resources for every Scottish school. Our latest users are people with dementia and alzheimer’s who use our clips as reminiscence therapy. The clips produced have received diverse and impressive endorsements 

Proud of your Scottish heritage

If you are a proud Scots person and would also like to see our unique archive preserved . It can become  a legacy for future generations to enjoy. You might wish to purchase the archive and donate it to  an organisation of your choice or our choice.

For all those interested in purchasing this unique and income generating archive please get in touch with me at info@scottishheritage.co.uk