Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (1898)
- Directed by
- James Williamson
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A silent short film shows people strolling on a pier in Brighton in 1898. It captures everyday life and fashion of the time.
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What happens
Early Fashions on Brighton Pier is an 1898 British silent actuality film, generally considered to be shot by Scottish film pioneer James Williamson. Previously, the film had been credited to George Albert Smith. The more recent attribution to Williamson is based mainly on the identification of two of Williamson's sons in the pier crowd. It is categorised in the Screen Archive South East as On the West Pier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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