Motion pictures
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc.
NFCA: Use for cinema and bioscope
Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:
Posters, c1880 - 1899
Series
Reference code: 178R53
Scope and Contents
Poster related to the Poole family film shows, Gompertz's diorama and other early cinema travelling shows and venues.
Dates:
c1880 - 1899
Programmes , 1881 - 2016
Series
Reference code: 178K53
Scope and Contents
Pre-Film and variety and music hall programmes mainly related to the travelling shows of Joseph Poole and Harry Poole, Harry H. Hamilton, Mapleston Brothers and Adams but it also includes other showmen.
Dates:
1881 - 2016
Publicity for Salambo Leaflet, 2018
Item
Reference code: 178Z64.19
Scope and Contents
Blue type on yellow background on front cover, inside black and white images of posters for Salambo, 2p.p.
Dates:
2018
Putney Cinema Programme, 18 May 1914
Item
Reference code: 178K53.128
Scope and Contents
Blue type and illustration of a man holding a banner on white background and blue and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the building on the front cover, inside programme listing Anne of the Golden Heart, Wifey's Visit Home, A Treacherous Rival, Mabel's Stormy Love Affair, The Staircase of Death, The Battle of Get His Own Back, Bernina Railway in Winter, Pathe Gazette, The Banker's Son, Max Cures Cinemania, The Burglar's Sacrifice, Why Reginald Reformed, The Maked Dancer,...
Dates:
18 May 1914
Queen's Hall Programme, 17 December 1898
Item
Reference code: 178K53.59
Scope and Contents
Music recital programme including the words of songs with special display of animated pictures including the Boer War. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 6p.p.
Dates:
17 December 1898
Queen's Hall Programme, 11 February 1899
Item
Reference code: 178K53.60
Scope and Contents
Music recital programme including the words of songs with special display of animated sport pictures including boxing, rowing and diving as well as the serpentine dance. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 6p.p.
Dates:
11 February 1899
Queen's Hall Programme, 2 March 1907
Item
Reference code: 178K53.61
Scope and Contents
Music recital programme including the words of songs with future programme containing animated pictures. Black type on off white paper with commercial advertising and programme in the centre, 4p.p.
Dates:
2 March 1907
Queen's Hall Programme, 6 October 1899
Item
Reference code: 178K53.141
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Gathering of the Clans at Balmoral, Fiftieth Annual Visit by the Queen, March Past and Highland Fling, Incoming Tide at Worthing, The Legacy, The Conjurer and Henley Regatta 1899, on back cover listing of programme for the week and The Sunday Concert Society concert, contains...
Dates:
6 October 1899
Queen's Hall Programme, 7 September 1900
Item
Reference code: 178K53.142
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Razing a Factory Chimney, Tommy's Washing Day, The Seaford Highlanders, A Skirmish with the Boers near Kimberley, A Panorama, Clearing the Bush, A 5in Siege, The Essex RegimentCrossing the Vaal River, The C.I.V's March on Johannesburgh, The Cameron HIghlanders, The Surrender of...
Dates:
7 September 1900
Queen's Hall Programme, 8 September 1900
Item
Reference code: 178K53.143
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Razing a Factory Chimney, Tommy's Washing Day, The Seaford Highlanders, A Skirmish with the Boers near Kimberley, A Panorama, Clearing the Bush, A 5in Siege, The Essex RegimentCrossing the Vaal River, The C.I.V's March on Johannesburgh, The Cameron HIghlanders, The Surrender of...
Dates:
8 September 1900
Queen's Hall Programme, 4 October 1900
Item
Reference code: 178K53.144
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Paris Exhibition Buildings, Reversed Film, Chinese Women Spinning, The Yellow Peril, Departure of Steamer from Calais, Three Torpedo Boats Chasing a Cruiser, Diver Going Under Water, An Easy Shave, Firing of the 4'7 Gun, A Detachment of Australian Volunteers, Royal Horse...
Dates:
4 October 1900
Queen's Hall Programme, 5 October 1900
Item
Reference code: 178K53.145
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Paris Exhibition Buildings, Reversed Film, Chinese Women Spinning, The Yellow Peril, Departure of Steamer from Calais, Three Torpedo Boats Chasing a Cruiser, Diver Going Under Water, An Easy Shave, Firing of the 4'7 Gun, A Detachment of Australian Volunteers, Royal Horse...
Dates:
5 October 1900
Queen's Hall Programme, 15 October 1900
Item
Reference code: 178K53.146
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic, Animated Pictures and TSave Concerts on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including All Hands Aloft, The Famous Illusion, Neptune's Parade, Shooting the Rapids, Afternoon Tea Scandal, The Wandering Minstrel, High Diving, A Good Joke, A Bloodless Encounter, The Legacy, Tarantella, The Conjurer and Fire Scenes, on back cover listing of programme...
Dates:
15 October 1900
Queen's Hall Programme, 3 September 1901
Item
Reference code: 178K53.147
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates:
3 September 1901
Queen's Hall Programme, 5 September 1901
Item
Reference code: 178K53.148
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates:
5 September 1901
Queen's Hall Programme, 7 September 1901
Item
Reference code: 178K53.149
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Henley Regatta, The Polytechnic Harriers Paperchase, The Bathers, The Santos Dumont Steerable Balloon, The Great Paris-Berlin Motorcar Race, The One Man Band, Fishing Extraordinary, Railway Panorama, Torpedo Boats in the Manchester Ship Canal, The Irritating Monocle, The...
Dates:
7 September 1901
Queen's Hall Programme, 28 September 1901
Item
Reference code: 178K53.150
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including Dance of All Nations, Harnessing the Dogs and Departures, Mount Train Descending from Mount Pilatus, Panorama of Lake Lucerne, Falls of Rhine, Schaffhausen, High Diving at Milan, An Excentric Act with Big Boots, I Don't Want to be Photographed and An Increasing Wardrove, on back...
Dates:
28 September 1901
Queen's Hall Programme, 23 August 1902
Item
Reference code: 178K53.151
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Coronation Procession, Prince of Wales Procession, King's Procession, The Canadian Arch, Arraival of the Boer Generals and the Naval Review at Porstmouth, on back cover listing of promenade concerts, contains commercial advertisements. Printed by Baines & Scarbrook...
Dates:
23 August 1902
Queen's Hall Programme, 30 August 1902
Item
Reference code: 178K53.152
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Coronation Procession, Prince of Wales Procession, King's Procession, The Canadian Arch, Arraival of the Boer Generals and the Naval Review at Porstmouth, on back cover listing of promenade concerts, contains commercial advertisements. Printed by Baines & Scarbrook...
Dates:
30 August 1902
Queen's Hall Programme, 3 November 1902
Item
Reference code: 178K53.153
Scope and Contents
Black type on off white background listing Robert Newman's Queen's Hall Orchestra, the Polytechnic and Animated Pictures on the front cover, inside description of the concert and listing of moving pictures including The Lord Mayor Presentating the City Sword to the King, The Royal Procession over London Bridge, Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles des Grandes, Oxen Bathing, Comic Railway Station, Ping Pong, Arrival and Departure of King and Queen from St. Paul's, on back cover listing of...
Dates:
3 November 1902