We’re looking for photos of the lost ATV Muppet mural! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One of the real pleasures of researching the films made in Borehamwood and Elstree is rediscovering just how ambitious some of these productions were, and Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969) is a perfect example.

We’re delighted to have just acquired a very rare and beautiful early-1960s publicity brochure produced by Associated British Studios — a wonderful piece of studio-era marketing design and a real time-capsule of Elstree in its ABPC heyday.

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 #GeorgeLucas #Spielberg

Sir Roger Moore reflects on the production of The Saint at ABPC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, in this short clip from our archive for #InternationalArchivesWeek

Today in #InternationalArchivesWeek we have a clip from our interview with Muppet performer Dave Goelz. Dave recalls the time the Muppet Show crew snuck into the ATV Elstree canteen and replaced the mural with Muppet characters. The mural has become the stuff of legend!

We continue to celebrate our archive this #InternationalArchivesWeek, with a lovely interview with scenic artist Ron Punter. Ron talks about how he demonstrated the secret passage in Temple of Doom to Steven Spielberg, at Borehamwood’s Elstree Studios. #MadeAtElstree #IndianaJones #TempleOfDoom

It’s #InternationalArchivesWeek, so here’s a clip from our oral history archive of Dame Barbara Windsor talking about the glamour of ATV Elstree in Borehamwood. #MadeAtElstree #TelevisionHistory #ATV #Borehamwood

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 Elstree Studios became the birthplace of modern British VFX and animatronics. #ElstreeStudios #Elstree100 #VFX

We film our 78th interview tomorrow, with a big star of Elstree television!

We’re very pleased to have our second interview of 2025 lined up, and it’s with an Academy Award winning crew member from several Elstree Studios films from the 1980s, including the one pictured here! More to be revealed soon…

🚨 NEW INTERVIEW! 🚨 On Friday, we filmed our first oral history interview since 2018 - with Muppetteering legend DAVE GOELZ! Dave is the performer of Gonzo, Dr Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot; as well as on THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH. Our thanks go to Dave, and to our wonderful hosts @elstreestudios.

The Elstree Project is on Bluesky! We are the historians of Elstree and Borehamwood’s film and television studios - running since 2009, with over 70 interviews, exhibits, short films and screenings!