Throughout the history of cinematography, the word ‘bioscope’ has had many meanings. In this post, our Associate Curator of Film looks at some examples from our collection and beyond.
Discover the story of the camera used to capture Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the South Pole.
With the full programme for this year’s Widescreen Weekend film festival announced today, we consider the significance of widescreen cinema, and look at why it’s important that we restore films.
As well as our galleries, exhibitions and objects, the museum is home to an amazing library. In this post, Sarah examines some of the books and journals in our collection that deal with amateur film-making.
Robert Paul’s film of the 1896 Prince’s Derby can be considered one of the earliest examples of newsreel footage. Ahead of this year’s Derby on 2 June, curator Toni Booth takes a closer look.
In the first of a series of blog posts, we celebrate the exciting ways that visitors use our collections, whether that be for research, general interest, or as inspiration for artistic projects.
The world première of A Holiday in Spain in the all new Smell-O-Vision is coming to Bradford for Widescreen Weekend.
Jack Hynes, Camera Assistant for Ammonite Films, explains how big a camera you’d need to film the smallest of insects.
Filmed in 1915, Charles Urban’s Britain Prepared used military footage to promote British strength and determination in the war effort during the First World War.
Louis Le Prince was the first person to create moving pictures—but he mysteriously disappeared in 1890, and his fate is still unknown.
The cine camera which formed the beginnings of our cinematography collection sits right here in Bradford, the first UNESCO City of Film. Fitting, don’t you think?
By Toni Booth
From our archives: Corbett vs. Fitzsimmons, the fight of the century and the earliest feature film
This intriguing piece of sporting history is part of our archive…