Mitchell & Kenyon teaching notes

Developed and written by Ben Walsh

These notes have been written to accompany Electric Edwardians, the DVD of the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection, and can also be used to support the touring programme.

Electric Edwardians is available on DVD, price £19.99.

Other useful resources:

The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon

The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon was produced by the BBC in collaboration with the bfi and provides excellent background material about the discovery of this collection and about the social context of its production. It also interviews descendants of people who appeared in the films.

This series is complemented by a book with essays by leading historians about the significance of this collection.

Film as Evidence: Britain in 1900

Film as Evidence: Britain in 1900 is a video compilation and teaching guide offering detailed guidelines on using archive film as source material.