We are actively seeking quality footage, to add to our own already massive library, now. So, if you, or anyone that you know, has historical film or video about Judo, that you think would be of British, European or international interest, please contact us, or send in the material. If we can use it we will copy it, to the highest standard that we can, store it in the archive for future use, and return the original to you together with a quality copy.

In particular we are seeking old footage, probably shot on 16mm or 8mm film.

Simon Hicks, founding director of Fighting Films, has been filming Judo since the early 1970’s , right up to the present day, and his unique archive of footage, which includes numerous great champions of the past, from all around the World, will form the basis of the archive.

“Fighting Films has recently released ‘Adams and Briggs’ on DVD”, says Hicks, “and it includes a lot of our best archive footage of these two great British champions. The instant success of this production led me to review much of our oldest material and I am very pleased with what we have, but I am only too well aware of what we are missing.”

Fighting Films would like to find more historical footage of the great champions of the past. So, if you are British and have film of Gleeson, Palmer, the 1964 Olympians (Jacks, Hoare, Sweeney, Petherbridge), Starbrook, Parisi, Adams, Bridge, Briggs, etc. please give us a call. Of special interest will be any material from before 1975. If you are not British, but have footage of great champions of the past from your country we will still be very interested in what you have to offer.

Please call + 44 (0)845, 408 5836 or e-mail simon@fightingfilms.com.

Alternatively you may post the material to us at:

Fighting Films Archive,
Fighting Films
27b Great George Street,
Bristol
BS1 5QT
Great Britain.