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Early Cinema - Primitives And Pioneers
Features a collection of fifty-nine films originating from the pre-1910 era of cinema. Includes: 'Ali Bava Et Les Quarante Voleurs', 'Magic Bricks' and 'The Great Train Robbery'. Read more
| Director | Edwin S. Porter, George Melies, G.A. Smith |
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| Genres | Documentary |
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Early Cinema - Primitives And Pioneers
Features a collection of fifty-nine films originating from the pre-1910 era of cinema. Includes: 'Ali Bava Et Les Quarante Voleurs', 'Magic Bricks' and 'The Great Train Robbery'.
| Director | Edwin S. Porter, George Melies, G.A. Smith |
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| Studio | BFI VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | To Rent: DVD: 29 Aug 2005 |
Early Cinema - Primitives And Pioneers (2 discs)
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Early Cinema - Primitives And Pioneers - Disc 1
Features: The Lumiere brothers' "Sortie d'Usine", "Repas de bebe", and others, Melies' "Voyage a travers l'imp...
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Early Cinema - Primitives And Pioneers - Disc 2
Features films by the Hepworth Manufacturing Company including "Explosion of a Motorcar", Cricks and Martin's ...
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Back to the beginning
The British Film Industry has released this excellent round up of early silent films, covering roughly the first fifteen years of the medium. As with Mitchell ... read more »
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i liked this so much i bought it
i liked this so much i went out and bought it, see film as we know it coming to life in front of your eyes, interesting historically in a film syntax sense and ... read more »
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fascinating window on industry 100 years ago
it's the two documentaries - biscuit making and coal mining - that make this a fascinating watch. some of the shorts are derivative/repetitive of others&#... read more »
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the early pioneers
Of interest to cinephiles only, lots of snippets of more or less documentaries before story making comes in along with using cinema tricks. Could have done with... read more »
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