The Biograph in Battle
- maker:
- William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and Unwin, T Fischer
Book 'The Biograph in Battle: It's Story in the South African War Related with Personal Experiences' by W K L Dickson, London: T Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square, 1901. First edition.
This is both the first account in book form by a motion picture operator describing his work, and the first book about the filming of war. Its subject is the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, often described as the first media war, because film cameras were there to record it.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 2011-5031
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- book
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford