We are delighted to have been able to acquire a paper archive from the life and work of film editor Richard Best, who worked at Elstree Studios in the 1950s and 60s. The papers include studio contracts, correspondence, pay slips, rate cards, and more.

Richard worked as an editor on a number of productions including The Elstree Story, The Dam Busters, The Avengers, and School For Scoundrels.

We are going to digitise the collection and make the papers accessible for researchers.

We are looking for other collections to help us preserve and share the history of Borehamwood and Elstree’s studios. If anyone can help us with this, including sharing production paperwork and studio documents such as these, or with financial help to support this effort, then please do get in touch.