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I recently bought a DVD of early film shorts titled "Electric
Edwardians," most made before 1910. These shorts are interesting in that
most of them do not depict news events (there are some local sporting
matches and parades) or, aside from a couple of the "extras" depicting
vaudeville-type acts, anything "fictional." Most were filmed in the
northern part of England and depict local groups--schoolchildren, clubs,
and so forth. It's like, people wanted a film short to commemorate their
group instead of a photograph. H-costume members may be especially
interested in the clothing shown on workers streaming into factories,
which has a definite "ethic" look. There are also some films where
someone put the camera on the street, or on a horse-drawn tram (I think
all the vehicles I saw were horse-drawn), and watched the world go by.
- [h-cost] Electric Edwardians Lavolta Press
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