Make a Movie

In 2012, a group of 14-25 year olds from Salisbury produced an exciting film as part of Project Florence.

Wessex Archaeology worked in collaboration with the Salisbury Arts Centre, the British Army and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to engage with young people in the community and help them to develop new skills and talents for the future. These young people were trained by professional filmmakers to film, edit and produce a 25-minute documentary and were actively involved in filmmaking decisions and processes.

One of the Make a Movie participants filming the Barrow Clump excavation

Operation Nightingale: Time Warriors follows the progress of an exciting archaeological excavation on Salisbury Plain conducted by Operation Nightingale, an army initiative which aims to use archaeology in the recovery of injured soldiers. Find out more about Operation Nightingale by clicking here.

Click on the link below to watch the film:

Meet the young producers and take a look behind the scenes at the filming process in the Making Of film, by clicking on the link below:

Free DVD copies of Operation Nightingale: Time Warriors and The Making Of are available now. Request a copy by contacting Laura Joyner, Wessex Archaeology, on  01722 326867  or l.joyner@wessexarch.co.uk.