Mitchell Kenyon Movies
- 1906
Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson
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It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the...
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- 1901
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery
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A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.
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- 1901
Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast
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In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.
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- 1902
Tram Rides through Nottingham
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This fascinating record of Edwardian Nottingham was filmed from the driver's platform of a tram on a single journey through the city centre between...
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- 1902
Cattle Market in Derry
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Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.
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- 1901
Royal Scots Regiment at Edinburgh Castle
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Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
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- 1901
Newcastle United v Liverpool
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An Edwardian football match at Newcastle's St James' Park ground.
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- 1903
Diving Lucy
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The biggest English comedy hit of the year. The scene is laid on an English estate at the edge of a pond. A couple of laborers discover, protruding...
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- 1902
Burnley v Manchester United
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Believed to be the first film that features Manchester United in their first season as 'Manchester United', rather than 'Newton Heath' as they were...
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- 1902
Hull Fair
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The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.
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- 1901
Skirmish Round the Flag
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A short film depicting a dramatized scene from the Boer War, produced by the Lancashire company Mitchell and Kenyon. The film portrays the rescue of...
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- 1901
A Sneaky Boer
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Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.
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- 1900
20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...
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- 1902
The Visit of the Duke of Connaught C-I-C Forces in Ireland and Prince Henry of Prussia to Cork Exhibition
The Visit of the Duke of Connaught C-I-C Forces in Ireland and Prince Henry of Prussia to Cork Exhibition01902HD
A dozen years before hostilities broke out between Britain and Germany, members of their respective royal families visited the Cork Exhibition...
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- 1899
Kidnapping by Indians
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Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is...
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- 1904
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.
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- 1901
University Procession on Degree Day, Birmingham
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Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.
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- 1901
Arrest of Goudie
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This film recreates the arrest of Thomas Goudie, a bank employee who embezzled £170,000 to pay gambling debts, using the real locations. It...
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- 1905
Rochdale Tram Ride
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Splendid views of Edwardian Rochdale from the front of a tram after a recent dusting of snow.
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- 1902
Bradford Coronation Procession
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Much of West Yorkshire turns out to mark the accession of King Edward VII to the throne.
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