
The Charles Urban Collection of papers relating to early motion pictures
- Made:
- 1890-1930
The Charles Urban Collection of papers relating to early motion pictures, c.1895-1930.
(formerly ScM 1995-734)
Charles Urban was an Anglo-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War. He was a pioneer of the documentary, educational, propaganda and scientific film, as well as being the producer of the world's first successful motion picture colour system, Kinemacolor.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 2005-5002
- type:
- archive
- credit:
- The Charles Urban Collection