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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
Reel Yorkshire: A Century of Yorkshire Life On Film

Event Information

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