Reel Yorkshire: A Century of Yorkshire Life On Film
Lectures
- Date
- 13 Jan 2009
- Start time
- 7:30 PM
- Venue
- Tempest Anderson Hall
- Speaker
- Yorkshire Film Archive
A very interesting selection of moving pictures from the collection of over 16,000 items in the Yorkshire Film Archive.
Including:
– The first photographic moving picture in the world: footage of Leeds bridge in 1888!
– The first talking picture advertisement by Rowntrees of York
– Ripon’s Highland games in 1916
– A pet tiger in Holmfirth
Each item is introduced and explained by a member of the Yorkshire Film Archive
For more information visit the Yorkshire Film Archive website at
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/
Sponsored by Yorkshire Film Archive