British Cinema and PIFs

  • Cinématographe First Used

    Auguste and Louis Lumière used the Cinématographe to project a series of images in rapid succession. Hanson, S. (2007). From silent screen to multi-screen: a history of cinema exhibition in Britain since 1896. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press.
  • Cinématographe Brought To London

    By Félicien Trewey. Hanson, S. (2007). From silent screen to multi-screen: a history of cinema exhibition in Britain since 1896. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press.
  • The GPO Film Unit Established

  • The GPO Film Unit Becomes Crown Film Unit

  • Central Office of Information Established by Attlee Government

    Williams, K. (2010). Get me a murder a day!: a history of media and communication in britain (2nd ed.). London: Bloomsbury Academic.
  • Crown Film Unit Disbanded