Revising the Early History of British Cinema: The Mitchell and Kenyon Archive
Abstract
The discovery and rehabilitation of the Mitchell and Kenyon archive of over 800 short films depicting life in northern Britain in the early twentieth century has been a great academic and popular development of the new millennium in Britain. This article provides a critical examination of the archive, its dissemination and reception from a social and cultural history perspective. It examines the ways in which the archive has been rendered accessible to academic and general audiences, discusses the problematic relationship between the archive and the media, proposes ways of making use of the riches the archive has to offer for research purposes, and points out some problems and pitfalls in making use of the material.
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James Kenyon, Sagar Mitchell, archives, British cinemaReferences
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John K. Waltonkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Central Lancashire United Kingdom
Profesor historii społecznej na University of Central Lancashire w Preston (Wlk. Brytania). Współautor tomu esejów The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon (wyd. Toulmin, Popple and Russell). Autor (z Garym S. Crossem) The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century (New York: Columbia University Press 2005).
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