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In the early 1990s, Blackburn based historian Peter Worden, uncovered what has become known as the Mitchell and Kenyon collection. This was then handed over to the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive in 2000, where the collection was restored. Consisting almost entirely of actuality films from the early part of the part of the century, the collection has allowed a body of films to be researched in the context of local exhibition, allowing a re-evaluation of the development of film in its first decade.
In 19041904 is a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 7 The distress signal " CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by " SOS. February 7 A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 the Shakespearean actor Herbert Beerbohm TreeSir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( December 17, 1853 July 2, 1917) was an English actor-manager. Born in London, he was the half-brother of Max Beerbohm, his father Julius Beerbohm being a businessman with a German background. Educated in Germany, he went on the allowed the storm scene from his production of The TempestThe Tempest is one of William Shakespeare's last plays. It was performed for the first time on November 1, 1611 at Whitehall Palace in London. As a play The Tempest belongs to the class of plays commonly grouped as his late romances. In these plays, Shake to be filmed for Charles Urban . In 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi Will Barker (1867-1951) filmed Tree's production of Henry VIII.
Charles Urban (1867-1942) was an Anglo-American producer and distributer who was one of the, if not the, most significant figures in UK filmmaking before the First World War. He filmed first in black and white and then in Kinemacolor between 1908 and 1914. Kinemacolor was a system of creating colour movies by an additive composite of primary colours. One of his films was a two and a half hour epic "With Our King and Queen Through India", depicting the December 1911/ 1912 Delhi Durbar which celebrated the coronation of George V.
The British film industry was subject to international influences right from the beginning. In the very early days when films were silent there was no language barrier and films from the European continent were able to screen in Britain without problems. When talkies began the links between Britain and other English language film making countries such as the USA became more important. The alliance between Britain and the USA in WW2 reinforced the cultural links.
For a while, British films had, to some extent, an easy audience in many Commonwealth countries. However attempts to keep British cinema British were counter-productive and the inherently international nature of cinema proved increasingly to be the way to succeed. In America, Hollywood studios were having great success by hiring talent from Britain, Germany, France, Ireland, Canada, Italy, Japan or anywhere. Hollywood consequently were able to assemble a line-up of great acting, directing and technical talent to beat any country's insular nationalistic cinema.
While British actors and directors were achieving great things in Hollywood, American financial investment in British cinema was dominating production and distribution.
In the 1960s British studios began to claw back some success by making striking genre films such as Hammer Horror, James Bond and Carry On comedies.
In the 1970s and 1980s British studios established a reputation for great special effects in films such as Superman and Star Wars. This reputation has continued through the 1990s and into the 21st century with films such as the James Bond series, Gladiator and Harry Potter.
In September 2003 a British film, "This is Not a Love Song", was the first to be streamed live on the internet simultaneously with its cinema premiere. The film, directed by Bille Eltringham , was "live" from the 5th-19th September 2003 at http://www.thisisnotalovesong.com and stars Michael Colgan , Kenneth Glenaan , David Bradley and John Henshaw.
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