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- BFI identifier554773
- Date1936 (Production)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- SynopsisHOME MOVIES. Compilation of early film extracts from 1897 onwards. (Synopsis) Main title. "The films in this production are some of the first taken for public entertainment and date back to 1897". Turn of the century street scenes, including horse and carriages. Bus/tram with advert "Crewe & Co." (35). Compilation of extracts, including horse and carriage drawing up in front of large country house. Outside a village post office. People strolling and cycling beside a river. Penny farthings. Train arriving at a station. Man in country lane repairing a bicycle. Parade of military men on horses through streets. Drama with fire brigade attending fire at cottage. Well dressed people mingling, possibly at a race course. Exterior of cathedral, possibly Westminster. Woman in sitting room. Woman with hat. Women bathing in the sea after emerging from bathing huts (316). Drama - "The Decoy Letter". Soldier attempts to kiss woman. Another man (husband?) appears and punches the soldier. American indians sitting outside house. The man is handed a letter and he rides away. Soldiers arrive and attack the woman. She defends herself with one of their swords. One of the indians runs after the man. The woman fights the soldiers and kills several. The man returns to scene and the other soldiers flee (486ft). (Shotlist)
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Title
How We Filmed in the Nineties (Original)
Tigg Family Film No 19 (Archive)
Category
Non FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
LTO5 - Video - DPX - Master
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16mm Tinted Positive - Safety - Silent - Master
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- Tigg Family Films
Series Work - N-96917
- Film - Non Fiction
- +How We Filmed in the Nineties
Work - 554773 - 1936 (Production)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
- +How We Filmed in the Nineties
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