Hooray For Pinewood

By: Matthew Diamond
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  • At last! The History of British Cinema now has a dedicated podcast. In each episode Mike and Matthew, two film fanatics, will trace the history of film in Britain from its pioneering beginnings to the present day. Along the way we'll go into detail about the work of familiar figures and franchises like Alfred Hitchcock, Ealing Comedies and The Carry-On films. But we'll also dwell on less well remembered landmarks from our cinematic past.


    So enjoy Hooray For Pinewood, coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts!


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  • Introducing Hooray For Pinewood

    Introducing Hooray For Pinewood
    Apr 17 2024
    At last! The History of British Cinema now has a dedicated podcast. In each episode Mike and Matthew, two film fanatics, will trace the history of film in Britain from its pioneering beginnings to the present day. Along the way we'll go into detail about the work of familiar figures and franchises like Alfred Hitchcock, Ealing Comedies and The Carry-On films. But we'll also dwell on less well remembered landmarks from our cinematic past.So enjoy Hooray For Pinewood, coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • The Imaginatively Titled Episode One

    The Imaginatively Titled Episode One
    Apr 21 2024
    All the films in today's episode can be watched on YouTubePersistence of VisionExplained in a 1936 film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_W-kokpCkgThe ZoetropeMilton Bradley Zoetrope 1866 (Containing images acceptable to many people back then): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG6ywByMAyEModern Zoetrope using 3D Printer (Contains strobe sequence): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5AP5R6gpAMake your own Zoetrope!: https://rimstar.org/science_electronics_projects/how-to-make-a-zoetrope.htmEadweard MuybridgeHorse in Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heRuLp7CyTMLouis Le PrinceThe Roundhay Garden Scene 1888: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAiYFEHI9o8The Accordian Player 1888: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJZvtUQvGILeeds Bridge 1888: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTlXaqG4VyEWordsworth DonisthorpeTrafalgar Square 1890: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8igdG537rH8William Friese-GreeneFriese-Greene invents cinema (He didn’t, but this is a scene from 1951’s The Magic Box which is too good not to include!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxHA9U8IHfMReconstruction from one of Friese-Greene’s experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pTOGmepivgThomas EdisonEdison’s earliest films from 1890 onwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRgymD_CO8kThe Lumiere Brothers First Films 1895: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXX32OLNnpUWebsitesLouis Le Prince's Camera: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.26326273The History of the Discovery of Cinematography from 900BCE to The Lumiere Brothers: http://www.precinemahistory.net/index.htmlThe Story of Louis Le Prince: https://www.cinemahistory.co.uk/louis-le-prince/An excellent blog about early cinema and Friese-Greene in particular: https://friesegreene.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Mister Acres, Mister Paul, and the Brighton School

    Mister Acres, Mister Paul, and the Brighton School
    May 5 2024

    Thomas Edison

    The Blacksmiths 1893: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnZT7oHGmts

    The Execution of Mary Stewart 1895: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpNQJV8KblQ


    Robert Paul and Birt Acres 1895

    Incident at Clovely Cottage March 1895 (surviving frames): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_0lVGaqxo

    Arrest of a Pickpocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrMuNbd5QY

    Rough Seas at Dover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RW1CJVAPCI

    The Derby 29th May 1895: The Brighton School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWVSnUThG60


    George Smith

    A Kiss In The Tunnel 1899: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vdb79xXMWg

    Grandma’s Reading Glasses 1900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07c897Eeuyc&list=PLue4rhsHxp6-1iuDZVi3OIcZ8tJtS0Mll&index=16


    James Williamson

    Attack on a China Mission 1900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnztkfNzZ68

    FIRE! 1901: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfXc_5hpIq4


    Techie Stuff

    The Latham Loop explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwbxMXYybOE

    The Maltese Cross (or Geneva Drive) explained: https://youtu.be/CJQwezg5TGA?t=453


    Useful Websites

    Robert Paul: https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/robert-paul

    Birt Acres: https://www.jomec.co.uk/blog/the-stories-of-birt-acres/

    The Birtac Camera: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co18660/birtac-cine-camera-projector-17-5-mm-cine-camera-projector

    The Brighton School: https://theeverydaycinephile.com/series/european-silent-cinema-project/1898-trailblazing-brits-and-the-brighton-school/










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