by Mitchell, Sagar; Kenyon, James; Mitchell and Kenyon; British Film Institute; Milestone Film & Video; New Yorker Video (Firm)
DVD / 2006

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TitleElectric Edwardians : the lost films of Mitchell & Kenyon
Item typeDVD
Alternate titleLost films of Mitchell & Kenyon
Author(s)
  • Mitchell, Sagar
  • Kenyon, James
Imprint[United States] Milestone Film & Video ; 2006
ISBN
  • 1933920009
  • 9781933920009
Other number784148010144
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Title from container insert.
  • Originally produced as separate motion pictures, 1900- 1913.
  • "In the earliest years of the twentieth century, enterprising traveling showmen in the north of England hired pioneer filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon to shoot footage of local people going about their everyday activities. These films would be shown later at nearby fairgrounds, town halls and neighborhood theaters. Workers, school children, sports fans and seaside vacationers all flocked to see themselves miraculously captured on screen. The astonishing discovery of the original Mitchell & Kenyon negatives in Blackburn, England in a basement about to be demolished has been described as film's equivalent of Tutankhamen's tomb. ...This treasure trove of extraordinary footage provides an unparalleled record of everyday life in the years before World War I."- -Container insert.
  • Special features: Optional voiceover commentary by Dr. Vanessa Toulmin, National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield; Video interview with Dr. Toulmin; "Pictures of crowd splendour" by Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; Featurette on the restoration; "Diving Lucy" and additional shorts by Mitchell and Kenyon; Electric Edwardians press kit downloadable on DVD-Rom (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
  • Youth and education. Audley Range School, Blackburn; Special march past of St. Joseph's scholars and special parade of St. Matthew's pupils, Blackburn; Morecomb Church lad's brigade at drill; University procession on degree day, Birmingham -- Anglo-Boer War. Torpedo flotilla visit to Manchester; Lord Roberts' visit to Manchester; Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft party, Hull; Opening of the drill hall in Accrington by Gen. Baden- Powell; A sneaky Boer -- Workers. Messrs. Lumb and Co. leaving the works, Hudderston; Pendlebury Colliery; 20,000 employees entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood; Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham; North Sea fisheries, North Shields; Cunard vessel at Liverpool -- High days and holidays. Whitsuntide fair at Preston; Manchester Band of Hope procession; Blackpool Victoria Pier; Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club carnival; Dewsbury vs. Manningham; Sedgwick's bioscope show front -- The great local derby: Accrington v. Church cricket match; Halifax Catholic procession; Burnley vs. Manchester United; Sheffield United vs. Bury; Preston egg rolling -- People and places. Living Wigan; Tram ride into Halifax; Electric tram rides from Foster Square, Bradford; Jamaica St., Glasgow; Ride on the tramcar through Belfast; Wexford Bull Ring; Manchester street scene; Panoramic view of the Morecomb sea front.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.
  • Original score by In the Nursery .
Physical description1 videodisc of 1 (138 min.) (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Date text: 
2006
Author: 
Mitchell, SagarKenyon, James
Publisher: 
Milestone Film & Video
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