A DVD release of 60 films originally produced between 1895 and 1910 by the Lumie`re brothers, Georges Me´lie`s, Birt Acres, R. W. Paul, George Albert Smith, the Sheffield Photographic Company, Haggar and Sons, Bamforth and Co Ltd, Williamson's Kinematograph Co Ltd., Hepworth Manufacturing Company, Cricks and Martin, Kineto Production Company, Pathe´ Fre`res, and Edison Manufacturing Company.
Apart from the Me´lie`s title, film material was supplied by the National Film Archive.
Credits: Neil Brand, Stephen Horne, John Sweeney (pianists); DVD production credits: Adrian Raistrick (producer); Heather Stewart, Erich Sargeant (executive producers); Marianthi Makra (production manager); Paul Elliman with Daniel Felstead (designer).