Silent film collections
Borderline
With a new soundtrack composed and performed by Courtney Pine.
Dickens Before Sound
A unique collection of early adaptations of Britain’s favourite and (after Shakespeare) most adapted author.
Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers
The BFI’s fascinating collection of 60 short films all made before 1911 comes to DVD with the aim of giving wider access to some of the extra
Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
Probably the most exciting film discovery of recent times, the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors
The Lost World of Friese-Greene
In the mid-1920s, pioneering film-maker Claude Friese-Greene made a series of films during an intrepid drive from Land’s End to John O’
The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon
From 1900 to 1913, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, commissioned by touring showmen, roamed the North of England, Scotland, Ireland and
Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland
Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play.
Mitchell & Kenyon: Edwardian Sports
Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed the British Isles filming the everyday lives of people at work and play.
RW Paul
Robert W Paul is justly celebrated as the leading pioneer of British film and one of the founders of world cinema.
Silent Shakespeare
“The BFI should be congratulated on this DVD.
