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Motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc. NFCA: Use for cinema and bioscope

Found in 717 Collections and/or Records:

Queen's Hall Programme, 8 September 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.143
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Razing a Factory Chimney, Tommy's Washing Day, The Seaford Highlanders, A Skirmish with the Boers near Kimberley, A Panorama, Clearing the Bush, A 5in Siege, The Essex RegimentCrossing the Vaal River, The C.I.V's March on Johannesburgh, The Cameron HIghlanders, The Surrender of...
Dates: 8 September 1900

Queen's Hall Programme, 4 October 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.144
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Paris Exhibition Buildings, Reversed Film, Chinese Women Spinning, The Yellow Peril, Departure of Steamer from Calais, Three Torpedo Boats Chasing a Cruiser, Diver Going Under Water, An Easy Shave, Firing of the 4'7 Gun, A Detachment of Australian Volunteers, Royal Horse...
Dates: 4 October 1900

Queen's Hall Programme, 5 October 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.145
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Paris Exhibition Buildings, Reversed Film, Chinese Women Spinning, The Yellow Peril, Departure of Steamer from Calais, Three Torpedo Boats Chasing a Cruiser, Diver Going Under Water, An Easy Shave, Firing of the 4'7 Gun, A Detachment of Australian Volunteers, Royal Horse...
Dates: 5 October 1900

Queen's Hall Programme, 15 October 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.146
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic, Animated Pictures and TSave Concerts on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including All Hands Aloft, The Famous Illusion, Neptune's Parade, Shooting the Rapids, Afternoon Tea Scandal, The Wandering Minstrel, High Diving, A Good Joke, A Bloodless Encounter, The Legacy, Tarantella, The Conjurer and Fire Scenes, on back cover listing of programme...
Dates: 15 October 1900

Queen's Hall Programme, 3 September 1901

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.147
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates: 3 September 1901

Queen's Hall Programme, 5 September 1901

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.148
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates: 5 September 1901

Queen's Hall Programme, 7 September 1901

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.149
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates: 7 September 1901

Queen's Hall Programme, 28 September 1901

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.150
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Dance of All Nations, Harnessing the Dogs and Departures, Mount Train Descending from Mount Pilatus, Panorama of Lake Lucerne, Falls of Rhine, Schaffhausen, High Diving at Milan, An Excentric Act with Big Boots, I Don't Want to be Photographed and An Increasing Wardrove, on back...
Dates: 28 September 1901

Queen's Hall Programme, 23 August 1902

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.151
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Coronation Procession, Prince of Wales Procession, King's Procession, The Canadian Arch, Arraival of the Boer Generals and the Naval Review at Porstmouth, on back cover listing of promenade concerts, contains commercial advertisements. Printed by Baines & Scarbrook...
Dates: 23 August 1902

Queen's Hall Programme, 30 August 1902

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.152
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Coronation Procession, Prince of Wales Procession, King's Procession, The Canadian Arch, Arraival of the Boer Generals and the Naval Review at Porstmouth, on back cover listing of promenade concerts, contains commercial advertisements. Printed by Baines & Scarbrook...
Dates: 30 August 1902

Queen's Hall Programme, 3 November 1902

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.153
Scope and Contents Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Lord Mayor Presentating the City Sword to the King, The Royal Procession over London Bridge, Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles des Grandes, Oxen Bathing, Comic Railway Station, Ping Pong, Arrival and Departure of King and Queen from St. Paul's, on back cover listing of...
Dates: 3 November 1902

Queen's Hall Programme, 17 December 1898

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.59
Scope and Contents

Music recital programme including the words of songs with special display of animated pictures including the Boer War. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 6p.p.

Dates: 17 December 1898

Queen's Hall Programme, 11 February 1899

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Reference code: 178K53.60
Scope and Contents

Music recital programme including the words of songs with special display of animated sport pictures including boxing, rowing and diving as well as the serpentine dance. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 6p.p.

Dates: 11 February 1899

Queen's Hall Programme, 2 March 1907

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.61
Scope and Contents

Music recital programme including the words of songs with future programme containing animated pictures. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 4p.p.

Dates: 2 March 1907

Quo Vadis and The Pale Face Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.193
Scope and Contents

8mm, 200 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film, starring Buster Keaton. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Randall Kay Williams Biographical Material, 17 July 1846 - 21 April 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178B36.8
Scope and Contents

Parish and civil records, newspaper articles and advertisements relating to the life of Randall Kay Williams, with additional information by the researcher, 45 p.p.

Dates: 17 July 1846 - 21 April 1899

Randall kay Williams Ghost Illusion and Bioscope Showman Monograph, 2020 - 2021

 Item
Reference code: 178B36.12
Scope and Contents

Monograph about Randall Kay Williams by Pauline Tindale containing facts about his life from 1846 to 1898.

Dates: 2020 - 2021

Randall Williams King of Showmen from Ghost Show to Bioscope Monograph, 1998

 File
Reference code: 178B44.4
Scope and Contents

Monograph about Randall Williams by Professor Vanessa Toulmin dedicated to Bill Barnes and Visual Delights conference introduction paper

Dates: 1998

Regent Street Handbills, c1824 - 1899

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.44-72
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at Regent Street.

Dates: c1824 - 1899

Research Material, 1877 - 1946

 File
Reference code: 178B36.6
Scope and Contents

Research material relating to Randall Williams, including maps, accounts, and photographic material.

Dates: 1877 - 1946