Over a century ago, Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed Britain and Ireland filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For around 70 years, 800 rolls of nitrate film sat in sealed barrels in the basement of a shop in Blackburn. Miraculously rediscovered by Nigel Garth Gregory and later restored by the BFI, this now ranks as one of the most exciting film discoveries of recent times. Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland is a unique and vivid record of Ireland at the start of the twentieth century. The collection contains 26 films made in Ireland between May 1901 and December 1902. Much of this material was unseen for over 100 years. The films include street scenes of Dublin, Wexford and Belfast; the Cork International Exhibition, scenic routes from Cork to Blarney Castle and more. They are accompanied by piano and fiddle music and commentary read by Fiona Shaw.
Release Date: July 30, 2007
December 24, 1925
April 21, 1928
September 01, 1897
February 08, 1915
September 09, 2024
October 28, 2020
June 14, 2014
September 04, 1916
June 01, 1914
October 06, 2018
August 31, 1897
January 01, 1909
June 07, 2020
February 07, 1952
June 11, 1980
July 01, 2009
September 01, 1997
March 23, 1928
December 01, 2016
September 13, 1999