The Biograph in Battle

Made:
1901 in London
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