"Local films for local people" was the slogan of Kenyon & Mitchell, and usually they stayed in Lancaster and made movies about the large crowds of locals who gathered for sports, parades, and other events, all wearing hats or caps of some description. That's my principal takeaway from their actualities: people in crowds, some of them looking at the camera, and disapproving of the audience -- that is, me -- probably because I am bareheaded.
They also crossed over into Ireland to make their movies, and this is an example of a popular genre of early movie making: people leaving the place they work. That was the earliest movie genre, and film #1 in the Lumiere catalogue was one of people leaving the Lumiere factory. Here's another in the same vein, suitable for people in Cork trying to spot their own face on the movie screen.
And, yes, they are all wearing hats.
They also crossed over into Ireland to make their movies, and this is an example of a popular genre of early movie making: people leaving the place they work. That was the earliest movie genre, and film #1 in the Lumiere catalogue was one of people leaving the Lumiere factory. Here's another in the same vein, suitable for people in Cork trying to spot their own face on the movie screen.
And, yes, they are all wearing hats.
