Retronaut » BFI http://www.retronaut.co The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ‘An Otter Study’, 1912 http://www.retronaut.co/2012/01/an-otter-study-1912/ http://www.retronaut.co/2012/01/an-otter-study-1912/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:01:33 +0000 Chris http://www.retronaut.co/?p=40739 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPvluHJZCA

‘The footage was shot as long ago as 1912. The surviving version of the film you see here was re-edited in the 1920s and titled The Otter, with a final hunting scene removed.’

- BFI

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Thank you to the BFI

This capsule was curated by John Pollock

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“Made in 1898, G.A. Smith’s ‘Santa Claus’ is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas”

- BFI

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“Existing purely to exploit the sheer joy of Blowing Things Up, this Topical Budget newsreel (originally released on 8 December 1924) proves that some things never change. The opening title sets out its priorities: the location and the name of the fort are unidentified (if anyone can identify it, please add a comment), but the viewer is implicitly invited to cheer as the rugged-looking construction “goes up like matchwood!”

- Michael Brooke, BFI

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