Britains Earliest Film Found in Attic 111 Years Later (story from June..)

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UK's earliest film found in attic after 111 years. It features just three characters, lasts barely 50 seconds and has a plot that would leave modern audiences distinctly underwhelmed.

But to the experts, this grainy image from a film found in an attic in the West Midlands is of huge historical importance.

Not only is it the first movie ever made in Britain, but the world's first crime movie to boot. Called Arrest of a Pickpocket, it was produced in April 1895 by pioneering film-maker Birt Acres, who was born in America to British parents.

It is the crown jewel in a priceless collection of early celluloid that has been found, wrapped in a Marks & Spencer bag, in a pensioner's attic where it had been gathering dust for more than 60 years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=391357&in_page_id=1770

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1. Cool!

I'd love to see more old films restored. So many have been lost.