Episodes

  • 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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    2 mins
  • 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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    27 mins
  • 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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    26 mins
  • Rescued By Rover

    Rescued By Rover
    May 19 2024

    F Martin Duncan

    Cheese Mites 1903: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2DystgByQ&t=80s


    Kinemacolour

    The Harvest 1908: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8JQsU7fZyY

    Delhi Durbar 1911: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpkplKUf8


    George C Hale

    A short film about Hale’s Tours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dICeIuJEJDU


    William Haggar

    The Life of Charles Peace 1905: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K46agM-ZMnY&t=34s

    Revenge 1904: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAiT33uA3U


    Cecil Hepworth

    Alice In Wonderland 1903: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIXfdogJbA

    Rescued by Rover 1905: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wniR5M4ogoM&t=70s

    The Two Obadiahs 1911: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMV15mKWTlg


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    26 mins
  • Mitchell and Kenyon: Local Films for Local People!

    Mitchell and Kenyon: Local Films for Local People!
    Jun 2 2024

    Mitchell and Kenyon Dramas

    Kidnapping by Indians 1899: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-9GuQFBF0

    Diving Lucy 1903: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V05KBTvq4M


    Local Films For Local People

    Robert Baden-Powell Opens The Accrington Ambulance Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXKbbnFopg

    Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery 1901: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwBuJTMrUNo

    Parkgate Iron and Steel Works, Rotherham 1906: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I64ewblmTUY


    The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon (BBC):

    Part 1: https://youtu.be/adO9fkaGCKI?list=PLRbfEQjXNJ09-b1-U6zH2DK_uYGT3UJUZ

    Part 2: https://youtu.be/ROzu45BanOc?list=PLRbfEQjXNJ09-b1-U6zH2DK_uYGT3UJUZ

    Part 3: https://youtu.be/QVBdnM12NkM?list=PLRbfEQjXNJ09-b1-U6zH2DK_uYGT3UJUZ





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    16 mins
  • Tilly The Tomboy meets Hamlet

    Tilly The Tomboy meets Hamlet
    Jun 16 2024

    Cecil Hepworth

    Tilly The Tomboy Visits The Poor (1910): https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-tilly-the-tomboy-visits-the-poor-1910-online

    Tilly’s Party (1910): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdZXmll6Yio&list=PLIyQwzwNXGHU6qt7Gjj8nq_U6EtNnM51i&index=8&t=126s

    Hamlet (1913): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcrHbbiiM8&t=11s


    Newsreel Footage

    The Epsom Derby (1913): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um9GV6_AILM


    The Adventures of Tubby

    Tubby’s Rest Cure (1916): https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-tubbys-rest-cure-1916-online

    Tubby’s Typewriter (1916): https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-tubbys-typewriter-1916-online


    The First World War

    The Imperial War Museum Website: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history

    Britain Prepared (1915): https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2350

    The Battle of the Somme (1916): https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/1310


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    26 mins
  • Drugs, Holmes and Fu Manchu

    Drugs, Holmes and Fu Manchu
    Jun 30 2024

    The Death of Billie Carleton

    The full shocking story: https://flashbak.com/disgraceful-orgies-unholy-rites-and-the-death-of-billie-carleton-100-years-ago-408525/


    Cecil Hepworth

    Most of the existing full-length Hepworth films still await home availability on either streaming or disc, but clips are available online.

    Tansy (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuyM9bM1UTg

    Comin’ Thru The Rye (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrq2RIHPPc

    For context, a lovely clip from The Smallest Show On Earth (1957) with Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, and Margaret Rutherford watching a clip of Comin’ Thru The Rye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xct7ved9c


    Stoll Studios

    Sherlock Holmes

    The Sign of Four (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbAa7ddr6o

    The Devil’s Foot (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbAa7ddr6o

    The Dying Detective (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRw03GeaWDg


    Fu Manchu

    The Fiery Hand (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGa8Y1jBOyU

    The Clue of the Pigtail (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQzl19zTARU

    The Man with the Limp (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXdLzoye57Q


    Alfred Hitchcock

    The Pleasure Garden (1925): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i94JofNU3Y






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    26 mins
  • Alfred Hitchcock Part One

    Alfred Hitchcock Part One
    Jul 14 2024

    In Episode 7 we trace the early career of Alfred Hitchcock from his humble beginnings in Leytonstone to his first box-office hit as a director.


    The Alfred Hitchcock’s Silent Films


    The Pleasure Garden (1925): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i94JofNU3Y&t=6s

    The Lodger (1927): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkkWQzfRaRE

    The Ring (1927): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUsjXDajPY&t=2518s

    Downhill (1927): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpOyvJ-hyCQ

    The Farmer’s Wife (1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q0XOLQqihw

    Easy Virtue (1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoAt9desCGM

    Champagne (1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ULU5D_rtiY

    The Manxman (1929): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6lc6h1


    And one with sound…


    Blackmail (1929) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDVATU7-yuw


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    36 mins