Beginning with a historiography of the Brighton School, the study goes on to examine the arrival of the first 35mm films in Britain, the first film exhibitions in Brighton and the first projection of film in Brighton.
Frank Gray is the Director of Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton, UK, an AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellow, a Co-Director of Cinecity (the Brighton Film Festival) and has served as the Chair of Film Archives UK. His research is dedicated to the beginnings of film in Brighton and Britain.
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1. Introduction.- 2. Investigating the Brighton School.- 3. Invention and Wonder: The Arrival of Film in Britain and Brighton, 1894-96.- 4. Wonders and Marvels - Smith’s Early Years.- 5. 1897: Smith Turns to Film.- 6. Smith’s Visions and Transformations: the Films of 1898.- 7. Smith’s Edited Films, 1899-1903.- 8. Williamson’s Kinematograph Films.- 9. Williamson’s Picture Stories.- 10. Transitions, Chains and Flows.