1993 Action Report, Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (15 mins)

In this report from 1993, the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation list their achievements so far in respect of their major projects: Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle Quayside, Royal Quays in North Shields, Sunderland's North Dock and North Sands Business Centre.

Projects on Target (1992) Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (12 mins)

This video from 1992 reports on progress made to regenerate the Tyne and Wear region by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation, and the amounts invested into areas including the Royal Quays, St Peters Riverside, Viking Industrial Park and the Sunderland Enterprise Park.

The Story of Newcastle's Silicon Alley (2003) (12 mins)

Project North East redeveloped a group of buildings in Newcastle's Pink Lane and Westgate Road. The once run-down area became home to numerous creative and multimedia firms, forming a thriving business community known as Silicon Alley.
Reproduced with kind permission from Project North East: http://www.pne.org/

1990s Documentary: Action on Estates, by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (35 mins)

A documentary by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Quest Trust from about 1995. It looks at case studies of housing estates in Britain and the partnerships established between developers, councils and residents. The series is called Action on Estates and this programme is titled Unleashing the Potential.

Reproduced with kind permission from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The accompanying policy report can be found at:

https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/unleashing-potential-bringing-residents-centre-regeneration-report

Short film: An introduction to BALTIC, by a19 Films for BALTIC (2000, 6 mins)

This short film introduces the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, with the founding director's vision for an art factory on the banks of the river Tyne.

The link will take you to the Baltic+ archive page:

http://balticplus.uk/an-introduction-to-baltic-subtitled-c32583/