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| Birt Acres (July 23, 1854–1918), born in Richmond, Virginia, USA of English parents was a photographer and film pioneer. With his partner Robert W. Paul, he was the first person to build and run a working 35 mm camera in Britain. The pair fell out after Acres patented their design in his own name on May 27, 1895. He made some very early silent films during the Victorian era including in 1895: a film of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, The Arrest of a Pickpocket, The Comic Shoeblack, The Boxing Kangaroo and Performing Bears. [ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Birt Acres ] Some related entries: San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer | Opening credits | Vertigo | Underworld 3 | People Will Talk | The Rat Pack | Hold the Lion, Please | Out 1 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005 | Zero One This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Birt Acres; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay |
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