Barnes John - The beginnings of the cinema in England, 1894-1901. Volume 5, 1900

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Volume Five: 1900

First published in 1997 by University of Exeter Press

Reed Hall, Streatham Drive

Exeter, Devon EX4 4QR, UK

www.exeterpress.co.uk

Text John Barnes 1997

Introduction Richard Maltby 1997

First paperback edition published 2014

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978 0 85989 958 1

Typeset in 10/12 pt Times New Roman by Exe Valley Dataset Ltd, Exeter

Printed in the UK by 4edge Limited

R. W. Pauls film laboratory at Muswell Hill

Circular announcing the opening of R. W. Pauls Animatographe Dept

R. W. Pauls Animatographe Dept

The New Century Animatographe

His Mothers Portrait (R. W. Paul, 1900)

The Soldiers Dream (engraved by Edmund Evans)

Diving for Treasure (R. W. Paul, 1900)

The Hindoo Jugglers (R. W. Paul, 1900)

A Railway Collision (R. W. Paul, 1900)

Plucked from the Burning (R. W. Paul, 1900)

The Hair-Breadth Escape of Jack Shephard (R. W. Paul, 1900)

The Last Days of Pompeii (R. W. Paul, 1900)

A Naughty Story (R. W. Paul, 1900)

Army Life; or How Soldiers are Made. Front cover of brochure

Cronjes Surrender to Lord Roberts (R. W. Paul, 1900)

Entry of Scots Guards into Bloemfontein (R. W. Paul, 1900)

The Royal Engineers Balloon (R. W. Paul, 1900)

Wrotham Cottage, Barnet. Birt Acres residence and workshop, 18961897

Film Coating machine used by Birt Acres

Film splitting machine used by Birt Acres

Cecil M. Hepworth in Algiers

Explosion of a Motor Car (Cecil M. Hepworth, 1900)

How it Feels to be Run Over (Cecil M. Hepworth, 1900)

Cecil M. Hepworths first studio

Advertisement for Hepworths developing and printing services

A Quick Shave and Brush-up (G. A. Smith, 1900)

The Grimacer. Articulated magic lantern slide

Grandmas Reading Glass (G. A. Smith, 1900)

The entrance to St Anns Well, Furze Hill, Hove

As Seen Through the Telescope (G. A. Smith, 1900)

A Photograph Taken From Our Area Window (G. A. Smith, 1901)

The House That Jack Built (G. A. Smith, 1900)

Advertisement for A. H. Tees Animated Pictures

G. A. Smith in his office, Furze Hill, Hove

G. A. Smith arranging a film set, St Anns Well, Hove

The Warwick Trading Companys Brighton Works at St Anns Well

Brighton Aquarium

Interior of the Brighton Aquarium

Brighton Aquarium programme, 29 March 1897

Notice of a comic harlequinade and shadow pantomime, Brighton Aquarium

Attack on a China Mission (James A. Williamson, 1900), frame illustrations from the Charles Urban Trading Co., catalogue

Attack on a China Mission, text and illustrations from Urbans catalogue

Attack on a China Mission, page from Urbans catalogue

Attack on a China Mission, frame enlargement

Postcard from J. A. Williamson

Advertisement for J. A. Williamsons cinematograph Film Works, Hove

Hove town hall

Brighton sea front at the turn of the century

Handbill for Wests Our Navy

Palace Theatre of Varieties, London and premises of the British Mutoscope & Biograph Co.

Charles Morton

Photographers arriving in South Africa to cover the Boer War

W. K.-L. Dickson with Mutagraph camera, South Africa

Biograph films of the Boer War, photographed by W. K.-L. Dickson

Biograph films of the Boer War, photographed by W K.-L. Dickson

W. K.-L. Dickson with E. B. Koopman

Jack Wiggins

Advertisement for the Warwick Trading Company

The Boer War: Joseph Rosenthal with Bioscope cameras and cart

The Boer War: Joseph Rosenthal filming

A thumbnail cinematograph of Lord Roberts at Capetown

The Boer War: war correspondents

Blair Film Works, Foots Cray, Kent, 1900

Warwick Bioscope 35 mm Projectors

Assembling Warwick Bioscope Projectors

Warwick Bioscope cameras (Models A and B)

Warwick cinematograph accessories

The Gaumont Chrono 35 mm Projector

Alice Guy

Leon Gaumont

Blackheath Village, turn of the century, showing W. Butcher & Son

Two 35 mm film projectors, W. Butcher & Son

Newman & Guardia advertisement

Prestwich No. 7 reversing cinematograph projector

Prestwick automatic light cut-off

Advertisement, A. Rosenberg & Co.

Advertisement for Wrench cinematographs

The London Hippodrome

Matt Raymond

The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly

Egyptian Hall programme

Walker & Companys Royal cinematograph

Schoolchildren attending a Bioscope show

Fairground Bioscope show, Tranmore, Ireland, circa 1900

The Great American Bioscope

The Picture House, Hill St, Lydney

Open-air theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend, circa 1911

W. C. Hughes La Petite Living Picture Camera

Publicity sheet for La Petite sub-standard guage cinematograph

Hughes La Petite Projector

Chrono de poche, or Pocket Chrono

Le Mirographe

Advertisement for the Kammatograph

The Kammatograph (interior view)

Factory of L. Kamm & Co., 27 Powell St, London

German toy cinematographs

The Kineograph

The Filoscope

Page from Hamleys toy catalogue, circa 1900

Label on the lid of a Filoscope box

Instructions supplied with the Filoscope

Caslers Parlour or Home Mutoscope

Royal children and the Mutoscope

Le Kinora

Advertisement showing the Kinora (Model 1)

The Kinora (Model 2)

In the Tunnel. A picture postcard

Edgar M. Hyman

John Benett-Stanford

Scenes from King John

Hearts are Trumps

The Open-air Theatre, Crystal Palace

The Landing of Savage South Africa (M & B, 1899)

J. Williamsons chemist shop, 144 Western Rd, Hove

John Frederick Tester

Leaflet for John Testers Scientific Entertainments

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on Board the Royal Yacht Britannia in Nice Harbour (Edisonia, 1897)

John Tester

Clips from four films photographed by J. F. Tester

Handbill announcing the Royal Cinematographe (1897)

Cinmatographe-Lumire

Poster for Lumires Triograph

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Procession, 1897; and Funeral Cortge, 1901

University of Exeter Press gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of the British Film Institute.

The series of which this is the fifth volume is published in association with the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture in the University of Exeter.

Finally, the publisher would like to thank Richard Maltby: for introducing them to John Barnes series, for editing the text and for providing the Introduction that gives the contextual background for this publication.

RICHARD MALTBY

It is astonishing how soon one grows accustomed to new wonders. Otherwise the exhibition of animated photographs now on view at the West Street concert hall would be nothing short of sensational. As it is we have been trained within a very brief space of time to accept photographic records of events, showing all the life and movement and excitement of a scene, almost as much a matter of course as a newspaper record. The Biograph has speedily taken a place in our life as a supplemental chronicler of the more notable events of the day in all quarters of the world, and a highly interesting chronicler it is, enabling us to realise the spirit of scenes with an actuality and vividness hitherto unattainable.