British Classics Movies

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We offer you a selection of some of our favorite British Classic Movies. For historical buffs, we have provided great insight into the beginnings the British Movies production covering the past one hundred years, a break down of British Studio history and a safe and reliable partner for you purchse any of the many classic British films.. We hope to share with you some of our favorite British Classic Films and our love of all things British.

So Sit back and relax, get in touch with your Brit self and enjoy all that this fantastic country has to offer.

JULY SPOTLIGHT
BRITISH CLASSIC FILM
'SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING'

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker (Albert Finney) juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.(1960). Filmed in my hometown, Nottingham and famous for the phrase "Don't let the bastards get you down" MORE INFO

BEGINING OF BRITISH CINEMA HISTORY

The beginning of British films dates back to the late 19th century the earliest moving picture was a 2 second film shot in Leeds, by a Frenchman in 1888. It was again two French brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumiere who are credited as the inventor of the motion picture camera or the cinematograph in 1895. They took up picture making in 1892 after their father's retirement.

What was Happening in the US?

In America, however, William Kennedy Dikson successfully developed the around 1892, where it operated by illuminating a strip of sequential images which were set in a rolling wheel. However the images were not projected. The films were viewed through a window in the contraption. READ MORE>>>>

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