Historical film events

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  • Rough Sea at Dover

    Rough Sea at Dover
    First natural history film and one of the oldest surviving British films.

  • The Birth of a Flower

    The Birth of a Flower
    New photographic technology that made flowers blossom in cinemagoer's eyes. Created by Percy Smith.

  • The Strength and Agility of Insects

    The Strength and Agility of Insects
    Percy Smith shows a premieres a show where there are insects lifting objects many times their weight and size.

  • Martin

    Martin
    First film with sound. Was in Africa. Congrilla was the name of this film.

  • Under the red sea

    Under the red sea
    first ever pictures taken of a whale shark underwater. By oceanographer Hans Hans.

  • Peter Scott

    Peter Scott
    Peter Scott was in the first outside broadcast. Also he hosted the BBC's first wildlife television programme.

  • Filming wild animals

    Filming wild animals
    Armand and Michaela Denis' filmed their adventures as they went through the African subcontinent. The first time wild animals were filmed

  • Desmond Morris

    Desmond Morris
    He's in Zoo Time, a children's TV series and the first natural history programming on ITV.

  • The Fulmar

    The Fulmar
    Tony Soper produces the BBC's first full length wildlife film, Known as the Fulmar

  • SOS Rhino

    SOS Rhino
    SOS Rhino is thought to be one of the earliest examples of a conservation film.

  • Johnny Morris

    Johnny Morris
    Does the first animal magic on tv.

  • Private life of the Kingfisher

    Private life of the Kingfisher
    First BBC production to be transmitted in color.