Birt Acres

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Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and Birtac, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector. He also directed a number of early silent films.

Filmography

• Henley Royal Regatta (1897)
• Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest (1896)
• Landing at Low Tide (1896)
• Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour (1896)
• A Corner of Barnet Fair (1896)
• Rough Sea at Dover (1896)
• The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1896)
• The Boxing Kangaroo (1896)
• Persimmons Winning the Derby (1896)
• The Derby 1895 (1895)
• Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II (1895)
• Opening of the Kiel Canal (1895)
• The Arrest of a Pickpocket (1895)
• Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs (1895)
• Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy (1895)
• Incident at Clovelly Cottage (1895)
• The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops (1895)
• Royal Visit of the Cardiff Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition