A Selection of early films: 1896-1913

This selection is designed to illustrate the main stages in the development of the cinema in Britain from the first public performance in 1896 to 1913, when the full-length feature film became firmly established. Titles featured in this compilation are: ‘Train entering a station’ by Lumiere; ‘The Indiarubber head’ by Melies; ‘Queen Victoria’s funeral’; ‘The Revolving table’ by Hepworth; ‘Answering a call’, ‘The Burning stable’ by Hepworth, ‘The Great Train robbery’ by Porter; ‘The Well washed house’ by Zecca; ‘Drama among the puppets’ by Cohl; with extracts from ‘Simple Charity’ by Griffiths and ‘Dante’s Inferno’ and East Lynne.