Person
Birt Acres
Directing
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- Directing
Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and Birtac, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector. He also directed a number of early silent films.
Images
Credits
The Arrest of a Pickpocket
Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour
Rough Sea at Dover
The Boxing Kangaroo
Landing at Low Tide
Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs
Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops
Opening of the Kiel Canal
Persimmons Winning the Derby
The Derby 1895
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
Henley Royal Regatta
Royal Visit of the Cardiff Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition
A Corner of Barnet Fair
Incident at Clovelly Cottage
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race