Newcastle upon Tyne - Demolition Shots (1972)
Amber Films
Film and Video
Unfinished Projects
A silent record of early 1970s Newcastle demolitions, filmed by Amber alongside the research that would lead to Six to Midnight.
Amberside Collection
The AmberSide Collection is a vast body of documentary photography and film dedicated to preserving the working-class experience. Featuring over 20,000 photographs and 100 films, it captures social and industrial life in the North East of England and beyond, with contributions from both local and internationally renowned photographers and filmmakers.
Founded in 1968 by Murray Martin, the Amber Film & Photography Collective set out to create a lasting record of working-class culture. The collection includes works documenting key aspects of everyday life, social struggles, and industrial change. It also features historic projects such as The Building of the Tyne Bridge and the photography of Jimmy Forsyth.
Side’s values are rooted in a concern for working-class, marginalised, or threatened lives and landscapes, both in the UK and abroad. Housed at Side and safeguarded by the AmberSide Trust, the collection remains a vital cultural resource, ensuring that the social history of the North East and wider working-class communities is preserved for future generations.
News From Durham (1983)
Amber Current Affairs Unit
Film and Video
A discussion 'trigger tape' exploring coalfield campaign concerns in the build-up to the Miners' Strike of 1984.
No Pasaran (1987)
Amber Films
Film and Video
Interviews with North East veterans and supporters of the Spanish Civil War, filmed in 1987 to accompany a Side exhibition on the conflict.
North Blyth
Peter Fryer
Photographic
A 1988 portrait of North Blyth, created as the community mobilised to resist council plans to demolish the village for harbour redevelopment.
Northumberland Landscapes
Isabela Jedrzejczyk
Photographic
A sensitive portrayal of rural Northumberland landscapes taken in the early 1980s.
Nowhere Called Home
Peter Bialobrzeski
Photographic
A 1989 portrait of a Sicilian immigrant community navigating life between Wolfsburg, Germany, and their homeland in southern Italy.
Pascal Sebah Album
Pascal Sebah | Hyppolyte Arnoux | Zangaki Brothers
Photographic
A 19th-century tourist album featuring albumen prints from Turkey, Egypt and Greece by Pascal Sebah, Hyppolyte Arnoux and the Zangaki brothers.
Peaceable Kingdoms
Peter Fryer
Photographic
A photographic portrait of Newcastle’s allotment culture in the early 1990s, revealing how small urban plots offer routine, pride, and community across a diverse group of growers.
People of the Hills
Richard Grassick
Photographic
A long-term portrait of the Upper Durham Dales, developed by Richard Grassick through close collaboration with local communities from the late 1970s to 2006.
Visual Culture
Slide sets of original photography & copied imagery, an extraordinary library originally developed in the 1970s & 80s for higher education: a rich and surprising celebration of C19th & C20th iconography.
Licensing & Usage Requests
Photographic exhibitions, videos, clips, trailers and each month's featured film are free. For personal use Amber's feature dramas, feature documentaries and film shorts are available as pay per view. See details of our Educational Screening Licence or contact us.