Birt Acres
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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.
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Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy (1895)
Director
A Corner of Barnet Fair (1896)
Director
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II (1895)
Director
The Derby 1895 (1895)
Director
Incident at Clovelly Cottage (1895)
Director
Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest (1896)
Director
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs (1895)
Director
The Boxing Kangaroo (1896)
Director
The Arrest of a Pickpocket (1895)
Director
Henley Royal Regatta (1897)
Director
Persimmons Winning the Derby (1896)
Director
Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour (1896)
Director
Rough Sea at Dover (1896)
Director
Royal Visit of the Cardiff Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition (—)
Director
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1896)
Director
Opening of the Kiel Canal (1895)
Director
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops (1895)
Director
Landing at Low Tide (1896)
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