Electric Edwardians [videorecording DVD] : the lost films of Mitchell & Kenyon / films by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon; original score by In the Nursery; produced by the British Film Institute.
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[videorecording DVD] :
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Distributed by New Yorker Video, Distributed by New Yorker Video,
Originally produced as separate motion pictures, 1900-1913. 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).
Summary:
"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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.