Robert Paul and the origins of British Cinema
- Submitting institution
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Birkbeck College
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 1119
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- ISBN
- 9780226105635
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Researching career the British film and technology pioneer Robert Paul took over twenty years, largely due to lack of any personal or company papers, or traceable descendants. Only publication of the 1911 census in 2011 revealed the early death of three children. Over time, a network of independent researchers in many countries provided crucial insights from their local archival research, much of this challenging received opinion. Above all, given that under 10% of Paul’s 800 film productions survive, tracing and explaining his achievements in launching important new film genres required close textual analysis of published catalogues and wide contextual research
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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