The Film Librarian's records from the early days of the club is in the society's archives. 25 films were listed in a book with the dates of borrowers and their names. 22 of these films were sent from the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers' library. They came from Mr. Ralph A. Cathles, honorary librarian of the IAC and were sent to E. Temple Robins of 98, Brynland Avenue, Bishopston. The accompanying letter is dated 4th April 1936 and is written on IAC notepaper. It confirms the view that this society had its beginnings in the IAC. Pencilled figures on the back of the letter suggest that the films comprised some 7670 feet of 16 mm and the writer regretted that he could not spare any 400 ft. reels or cans,

Borrowers include the following names :- E.H.Burris, Canon Gay, Dr.Philips, M.Bodenham, Dr. Courtney. Some borrowed by post, others collected the films by hand. Charges for borrowing for September, October, November and December 1936 and the first three months of 1937 amounted to £2. 8s 6d with outgoings of 4 shillings which was made up of 2s. 6d for the well bound book for recording borrowers etc. (12½p) and 1s 6d for postage of a film to Cornwall.**

A library list dated 1950 shows 14 films in all (10 of the 1936 ones). The new 4 were:-

• Visit to Wookey (50 ft) Record of a B.A.C. excursion. (B.A.C. = Bristol Amateur Cinematographers)
• Albert's Treasure Box (BAC film of 1949)
• Jubilee Celebrations (1935 1½ reels)
• Long Ashton Research Cider Institute (Documentary 1936)

**Mr Burris went to Cornwall on holiday for two months in August 1936 and took five library films with him. Happy Day and Easy Come were the most popular of the IAC films in those early years while Rev. Mr. Gay, Drs Philips and Courtney with Mr. Glasspool, Messrs Bodenham and Owner were avid borrowers.