Victorian popular culture. Moving pictures, optical entertainments and the advent of cinema, 1660-1950 1790-1925.

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A collection of rare printed ephemera, programmes, sheet music, cigarette cards, postcards, games, toys and other merchandise relating to the history of moving pictures and cinema in the United Kingdom and America. The collection focuses on early optical illusions, entertainments and inventions that...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Language:English
Published: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2012.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > History > 19th century > Sources.
Motion pictures > History > 20th century > Sources.
Recreation > History > 19th century > Sources.
Recreation > History > 20th century > Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Adam Matthew Digital)
Physical Description:online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Variant Title:
Moving pictures, optical entertainments and the advent of cinema
Format: Electronic eBook
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Summary:
A collection of rare printed ephemera, programmes, sheet music, cigarette cards, postcards, games, toys and other merchandise relating to the history of moving pictures and cinema in the United Kingdom and America. The collection focuses on early optical illusions, entertainments and inventions that led to the revelation of capturing moving pictures on film. Includes early film footage from the BFI National Archive and video clips of optical entertainment artefacts in action.
Call Number:PN1993.5.A1
Audience:
Specialized.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 18, 2019).