Motion pictures
Found in 717 Collections and/or Records:
Parody, c1870 - 1900
Poem entitled parody written on Poole's New Popular Trips Abroad letter headed paper with illustration of people from around the world behing two banners and the top of the globe behind them. Manuscript.
Patent Registration, c1880 - 1969
Patent registration forms and several typed and hand written versions of a new type of gear wheel invention.
Performing Animals Film, May - June 1895
Nitrate film by Robert Paul and Birt Acres, showing two animal acts filmed on the same wooden stage as the Boxing Kangaroo. The first sequence shows a skipping dog jumping through a hoop held by an animal trainer or showman. The second sequence shows possibly one of the earliest tributes to the Skirt Dance on film, with a dog or monkey performing the dance with the aid of its trainer.
Phantom Rancher, 1001 Nights, Full Speed Ahead, Tarzan’s Savage Fury, Soup to Nuts, Society Sensation, Country Girl, and Honest Horace Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Ride' western. Billy Dooley in 'Full Speed Ahead'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan’s Savage Fury'. Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace'. Also features glamour girls, jousting, animals, and nudity.
Photographs, 1961 - 1995
Colour photographs of fairgrounds and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding.
Photographs, 1892 - 1903
Photographs by Birt Acres including samples of his wave and cloud sequence experimental work.
Photographs, c1880 - 1969, 18 May 1981
Black and white and colour photographs and postcards related to the Biddall and McIndoe fairground showman families and photographs of fairgrounds. Also colour slides of photographs of Kirkaldi Fair taken for a documentary on Scottish fairgrounds.
Photographs, 1880 - 1950
Black and white photographs and negatives of fairground rides, living wagons, transport, fairground organs, carvings and other artwork from the Orton and Spooner company. Also contains some photographs of employees and showmen.
Photographs and Postcards, c1898 - 1926
Black and white and colour photographs and postcards depicting the Monte-Williams family.
Photographs by Birt Acres, 1892 - 1903
Photographs, Cards, Stills and Glass Plates, c1896 - 1925
11 sepia stills of 'Redemption' film by Cinema Éclair. 4 glass plates showing strong man, some acrobats and other scenes with people. 12 black and white portrait photographs of actresses and actors, some with dedications. 6 small collectible cards from Moffat's Sweetmeats part of a series of photos of cinema artistes. 3 photographs of Southend. 6 postcards for 'The Two Falcons' acrobatic act. 3 strips of negatives.
Pitt's Palace Pictures Poster, c1899
Caerphilly. Pitt's Eletric Pictures and Varieties, our star film The Border Ranger, Dogs not Admitted, Calino as a Postman, An Eventful Evening, Freddie and the Aliens, True to his Trust, An Evil Influence, The Tale of the Sea, Children Mustn't Smoke, The Statue Dog, A Glimpse of the Neapolitan Camorra, Attacked by Araphoes, Help Wanted, Nat Pinkerton in the Smugglers' Den. Blue type on off white background and blue border. Printed by Willson's Printers, Mount Street, Nottingham.
Plate Slide Case, c1870 - 1918
Birt Acres’ wooden case for ¼ plate slide.
Poole and Young's New Dioramic Excursions Programme, 9 June 1879
Poole and Young's New Overland Mail Route to India Programme, 18 May 1874
Queen's Rooms, Ayr, From London to Calcutta, Suez Canal, Arrival at Dover, The City of Calais,The Tunnel, The City of Turin, Brindisi, The Mediterranean Sea, Ismalia, Cairo, Ceylon, Madras. Orange and white illustration of a map covering the front and back covers showing Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and part of South Asia and a red line going from London to Calcutta, inside programme. Printed by J. W. Last and Co., Lithographers and General Printers, London, 2p.p
Poole & Young Diorama Tickets, c1860 - 1875
Two card tickets with black type on front and reverse.
Poole's Grand Diorama Programme, c1890 - 1899
Poole's Latests Myriorama Programme, 1882 - 1899
Poole's Myriorama and All About It, c1880 - 1899
Poster describing Poole's myriorama show, black type on white background.
Poole's Myriorama and Diorama Items, c1885
Tickets, invitations, dancing card and other items related to Poole's Myriorama and Diorama shows, one of them at Hengler's Grand Cirque and a business envelope with colour illustration of two elephants in a jungle and a black and white portrait.