formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
One afternoon in Paris in 1895, a young secretary at the Gaumont Film Company attended a private screening put on by the Lumière brothers to demonstrate the Cinématographe, a camera and projector that paved the way for motion pictures. The … Continued
Screens, projectors, frame rates – the evolution of the cinema races ahead. Source: Samsung proclaims the death of the projector but we may not notice | ArtsHub Australia
Plans to knock down a historic cinema left derelict in Wakefield city centre for more than 20 years have been withdrawn. Source: Plan to demolish Wakefield’s ABC Cinema to make way for car park withdrawn – Pontefract and Castleford Express
The iconic Dreamland Cinema still stands empty despite a £1.8 million restoration – and it is claimed it is getting the “cold shoulder” from the district council. Source: The iconic Dreamland Cinema is ‘getting the cold shoulder’ despite £1.8m restoration … Continued
On May 28, 1900, the moon momentarily covered the sun — and British magician-turned-pioneering-filmmaker Nevil Maskelyne was there to capture it. Source: First total solar eclipse caught on film in 1900 brought back to life by British Film Institute – … Continued
Conservation experts carefully cleaned the fragile and flammable nitrate film so each frame could be individually scanned Source: Victorians in pictures: British Film Institute digitises archive of over 500 early silent films | The Art Newspaper