The Elstree Project
@elstreeproject
The oral history project celebrating Elstree & Borehamwood's history in Film & TV. 70+ interviews which we plan to share for free, forever. Run by @howardberry
We’re filming again on Thursday with a new interviewee! This person worked both in the US and UK on Elstree productions in the 1980s - including in a notable song involving puppetry. Watch this space to find out who it is…
Come along and be part of history! Register your interest below 👇 mailchi.mp/ornc.org/gwr
Join @orncgreenwich and @elstreestudios as they celebrate 100 years of film with an epic @GWR attempt for the ‘largest gathering of people dressed as screen characters’. Date: 27 Sept 2025 FREE event. Register your interest here👇🏼 mailchi.mp/ornc.org/gwr
We’re celebrating the centenary of Elstree Studios across this year and next year - and we’ve updated one of our old videos for the occasion. How many film and television shows can you name in the clip? youtube.com/watch?v=Bj83t8…
Not a video today, for the last day of #InternationalArchivesWeek - but instead, a photo from the end credits of @stanleykubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey being projected in 70mm at the @britishfilminstitute IMAX! Proudly made in Borehamwood!
In the penultimate day of #InternationalArchivesWeek we share the insight of Paul Welsh MBE, who chaired the campaign to save Elstree Studios for eight years. Paul discusses how the studios outpaced Hollywood in the 1980s. #FilmHistory #ElstreeStudios #IndianaJones #StarWars
Sir Roger Moore reflects on the production of The Saint at ABPC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, in this short clip from our archive for #InternationalArchivesWeek #MadeAtElstree #RogerMoore #TheSaint #TelevisionHistory
We’re seeing very little engagement on our posts these days. @BFI @BAFTA @guardianfilm @totalfilm @empiremagazine @Film_London @bbcstudios @BBC3CR can you help us out?
Today in #InternationalArchivesWeek we have a clip with Muppeteer Dave Goelz, who recalls the time the Muppet Show crew snuck into the ATV Elstree canteen and replaced the mural with #Muppet characters. It’s become the stuff of legend - if anyone has a photo, we’d love to see it!
We continue to celebrate our archive this #InternationalArchivesWeek, with an interview with scenic artist Ron Punter and how he demonstrated the secret passage in Temple of Doom to Steven Spielberg, at Borehamwood’s @ElstreeStudios. #MadeAtElstree #IndianaJones #TempleOfDoom
It’s #InternationalArchivesWeek, so here’s a clip from our oral history archive of Dame Barbara Windsor discussing the glamour of ATV Elstree! #FilmHistory #MadeAtElstree #Borehamwood
It’s #InternationalArchivesWeek (yes, that’s a thing), and so we thought we’d share a few images from our 15 years of filming oral histories in Borehamwood and Elstree! Do you spot anyone you recognise? #filmhistory #elstreestudios #elstreefilm #borehamwood #televisionhistory
The Elstree Project co-founder and leader, Howard Berry, was proud to be at Elstree Studios on Wednesday to present the history of the studios to the Duke, and to be a part of the start of the centenary celebrations!
Elstree Studios began its 100th anniversary celebrations today with an official visit by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Escorted by our Head of Studios, Rebecca Hawkes, and Chairman, Cllr Jeremy Newmark, The Duke enjoyed an extensive tour of the studio..
Clint Eastwood is 95 today. Seen here with Ingrid Pitt, Mary Ure, and Richard Burton on the set of "Where Eagles Dare", 1968, which was filmed at MGM British Studios in Borehamwood. #MadeAtElstree #ClintEastwood #MGM #WhereEaglesDare #BritishFilm
🎬 Yesterday we filmed Elstree Project interview #78 with Academy Award-winner John Stephenson. He reflected on The Dark Crystal, Greystoke, and Return to Oz — and how @ElstreeStudios was the birthplace of modern British VFX and animatronics. #ElstreeStudios #Elstree100 #VFX
Happy Star Wars Day from all of us at Elstree Film Studios, where the magic of the original trilogy was brought to life! May the 4th be with you as we celebrate the legacy of Star Wars. ✨ #MadeAtElstree #StarWars #MayThe4th #GeorgeLucas #ElstreeStudios
May the 4th be with you! A happy #StarWarsDay with a photo from the ORIGINAL home of Star Wars, @ElstreeStudios - taken at the First Impressions launch in 2011.
It was great to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Return to Oz at the @BFI today, with Walter Murch! #MadeAtElstree
