formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
What it’s about: Motion pictures date back to the 1890s, when the Lumière brothers debuted the first movie projector. But the same decade brought a competing technology, which, instead of projecting a moving image onto a screen, gave a private … Continued
This episode from the Crash Course Film History is a really good 9 minute summary of the early development of the projector and film screenings by the Lumiere Brothers. Source: The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3
Remember your parents taking out the home-movie projector and showing the 8mm films Dad took during the latest summer vacation?If it weren’t for a Fredericksburg native, those home-movie night memories may not have happened. Source: Fredericksburg native made lasting mark … Continued
Last night I was lucky enough to watch a documentary entitled ‘The Final Reel’ Documentary at the wonderful Regent Street Cinema as part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations for the Cinema Theatre Association. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/174196220 @thefinalreeldoc
The Media History Digital Library is excited to announce the availability of a new digital collection on our site: the Magic Lantern and Lantern Slide Catalog Collection!The magic lantern (also known as optical lantern or stereopticon) is much older then … Continued
PEMBROKE & Monkton Local History Society’s fledgling publishing company received a significant boost recently with the launch of its second book From Mummer’s Booth to Silver Screen: the Life and Times of the Haggar Family. Source: Silver screen pioneers the … Continued