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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:

Unwelcome Guest, Zoo Time, Dizzy Decorators, Beauty at the Bath, Winchester 73, and The Iron Mule Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.222
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 380 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'Unwelcome Guest'. Harrison Marks in 'Dizzy Decorators'. Abbot and Costello in 'Beauty at the Bath'. Stephen McNaily and John McIntyre in 'Winchester 73'. Al St. John in 'The Iron Mule'. Also features lions, tigers, giraffe, crocodiles, penguins and sea lions from London Zoo, nude scenes Western scenes, and possible scenes in India....
Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Valerie Allen Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.311
Scope and Contents

8mm, 50 feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial glamour film.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Various Fairground Photographs, c1880 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C134.30-37
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and postcards of fairground scenes, people and Biddall's ghost show after being sold to Codona and converted to a bioscope.

Dates: c1880 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George McIndoe Collection / Photographs

Various Items, c1870 - 1918

 Series
Reference code: 178Z48
Scope and Contents

Various items of photography belonging to Birt Acres.

Dates: c1870 - 1918
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Birt Acres Collection

Various Items, c1895 - 1920

 Series — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178Z31
Scope and Contents

Collection of Various Items mainly relating to Jasper Redfern's Motion Pictures, as well as other entertainments and events.

Dates: c1895 - 1920
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection

Various Items of Ephemera, c1800 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178Z64
Scope and Contents

Various items related to George Walter Poole, Wilton's Music Hall, Henry James Mayer, Alexander Billington, James Upton Printers, Gompertz's panorama show, Poole's Myriorama and Diorama shows and Messrs Strange and Wilson Ghost show. Also includes a theatrical clock with two figures on the sides attracting customers.

Dates: c1800 - 2016
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection

Various Newspapers, 1825 - 1893

 File
Reference code: 178G56.3
Scope and Contents

Sections of newspapers from the British Journal of Photography and newspapers including John Bull and The Morning Chronicle containing information on Birt Acres, Daguerre's Diorama, the Royal Polytechnic Diorama and pages from The Magic Lanthorn containing an article claiming the invetion of Pepper's Ghost in 1855 was Prof. Wheeler.

Dates: 1825 - 1893
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbook

Various Posters, c1990 - 2000

 File
Reference code: 178Z64.27
Scope and Contents

Posters advertising film festivals and copies of Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Bros posters.

Dates: c1990 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Various Items of Ephemera

Venice in Dublin Poster, 4 July 1892

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.11
Scope and Contents Round Room Rotunda, Dublin Poole's Pictorial Tours, Darkest Africa, Meeting of H.M. Stanley and Emin Pasha, The Falls of Niagara, London day by day, Ireland, Sydney, The British fleet past and present, Poole's consolidated variety confederation, Miss Jessie Arnelli, musical act, Herr Blitz, Miss May Finch, Mr Felix Somers, Messrs Lisburn and O'Marr, Mr Willie Boatman, Poole's vocal quartette party, Mr Fred Mayer. Black type on orange background, printed on front and reverse. Printed by...
Dates: 4 July 1892
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Posters

Victoria Hall Poster, Monday 11 November c1907

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.61
Scope and Contents

York. Parlato's Electric Animated Pictures, Dumb Sagacity, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, The Whitby Regatta. Blue type on red background. Printed by Dysons, Theatrical Printers, Peterborough.

Dates: Monday 11 November c1907
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Posters

Victoria Hall, Sheerness Programme, 20 June 1904

 Item — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178K38.49
Scope and Contents

Jasper Redfern's World-renowned Animated Pictures. Printed by Neale-Huggett and Pye, Southend.

Dates: 20 June 1904
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection / Programmes

Victoria School, Wath-on-Dearne Programme, 26 April 1900

 Item — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178K38.26
Scope and Contents

Grand Entertainment, Jasper Redfern's Animated Photographs and other acts. 4pp.

Dates: 26 April 1900
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection / Programmes

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters

Village Hall, Cobham Programme, 29 January 1900

 Item — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178K38.9
Scope and Contents

Demonstration of Photography in Natural Colours by Mr Jasper Redfern, and other acts. 4pp.

Dates: 29 January 1900
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection / Programmes

Village Hall, Cobham Programme, 30 January 1900

 Item — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178K38.10
Scope and Contents

Demonstration of Photography in Natural Colours by Mr Jasper Redfern, and other acts. 4pp.

Dates: 30 January 1900
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection / Programmes

Vint's Palace Electric Poster, Monday 26 December c1887

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.37
Scope and Contents

Late Town Hall Rugby. Vint's Pictures, The Air Tight Safe, Mark of the Criminal, 3 Favourites, Football at Home, Kelly Visits the Country, David and Goliath, Rose Leaves, Marco the clever boy conjuror, Flirty Afflictions, Calino Cools the Crowd, Lost a Sleeve, Force of Example, Ross Combination, Life for a Life, The Broken Doll, Vint's photo songs. Red type on off white background and solid red border. Printed by Willsons' New Walk Colour Printing Works, Leicester.

Dates: Monday 26 December c1887
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Posters

Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres and Interview with Audrey Wadowski About Birt Acres, 21 February 1985

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.4
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T183. Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres, part 2 also with Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres. Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 21 February 1985
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Birt Acres Collection / Audio Material

W. Morton Pictorial, Musical and Descriptive Entertainment Programme, c1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.25
Scope and Contents

Southampton, The Bay of Biscay, The rock of Gibraltar, The great harbour of Malta, Mr H. Woodman musical act, Alexandria from the sea, Cairo, Crossing the desert, Miss Edith Elmer impersonating act, Suez, The Sansitore Brothers musical act, A ship of fire, Madras, Calcutta, Canton. Black type on blue background with linear border on the front cover, inside and on back cover programme, 2p.p

Dates: c1880 - 1889
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Programmes

Western Scenes, Uncle’s Tea Party, Heather Rose, Haunted Gainsborough, Ken Maynard, Sell it, Lovenest on Wheels, Two Girls, A Fishy Caveman Story, A Stone Age Romance, and Flying Elephants Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.209
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films starring Harrions Marks, Ken Maynard, Heather Rose, Buster Keaton, Walter Long, and Laurel and Hardy. Also includes 'Spell it' by Stuart Wynn Jones and an extract featuring Lupino Lane.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

When Comedy was King, Keystone, Clash by Night, Tit for Tat, Cops, and Midnight Mischief Film, c1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.220
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films, and TV commercials. Includes Horse racing. Nude from striphouse. Charley Chase in the opening from 'When Comedy was King'. Charles Chaplin in 'Keystone'. Barbara Standwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Douglas in 'Clash by Night'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Chalie Hall in 'Tit for Tat'. Buster Keaton in 'The Great Stone Face from Cops' . Glamour finale...
Dates: c1920 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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