Champion Athletes at Birmingham (1902)
- Birmingham
- 1902
Two Oared Boat Race, Sunday's Well, Cork (1902)
Oarsmen compete along the River Lee in early 20th century Cork.
This film was commissioned by influential fairground showman George Green (one of the first exhibitors to hire Mitchell & Kenyon) for his cinematographic show at the Cork International Exhibition 1902. It documents a boat race on a suburban section of the River Lee, though its vantage point also commands a magnificent view of the river and a picturesque Sunday's Well backdrop.
This was one of 33 films that Mitchell & Kenyon made in Ireland between May 1901 and December 1902. It would have been shown at the 1902 Cork Exhibition as part of a programme of local films, which also included footage of the opening of the Exhibition, processions, and various views of Cork city. The exhibition attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and proved so successful that it was extended for an extra year.
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Edwardian Sports
Their attention may not always have been on the pitch or the track, but Edwardian filmmakers Mitchell and Kenyon were pioneers of filmed sport.
Sport was an increasingly booming industry in the early 20th Century. Banks of mud were gradually replaced by covered stands, filled by larger (overwhelmingly male) crowds of spectators thanks to growing leisure time. It was mostly these crowds, and the prospect of drawing them to paid screenings, that attracted Mitchell & Kenyon - which explains why their cameras were so often pointed at the terraces.
Even so, these pioneering films have left us with an evocative record of sport's emergence as the mass entertainment we know today. Over 50 sporting events feature here: mostly football and rugby, but also athletics, cricket, cycling, horse racing and rowing.
54 videos in this collection
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Champion Athletes at Birmingham (1902)
2
Arthur Mold Bowling to A.N.Hornby (1901)
3
Everton v Liverpool (1902)
4
Calisthenics (c.1905)
5
Race for the Muratti Cup at Manchester Wheelers' Annual Meet (1901)
6
Dewsbury v Manningham (1901)
7
Ambush II at Eyrefield Lodge, The Curragh (1902)
8
Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival at Headingley (1902)
9
Burnley v Manchester United (1902)
10
Great Local Derby, Accrington v Church Cricket Match (1902)
11
Mitchell and Kenyon 149 Hull F.C. V Wigan (1902)
12
AAA Championships at Fartown, Huddersfield (1901)
13
Hull F.C. v Hull Kingston Rovers (1902)
14
Leeds Lifeboat Procession and Sports at Roundhay Park (1902)
15
Bolton v Burton United (c.1904)
16
Bradford City v Gainsborough Trinity (1903)
17
Cambridge University Sportsday (1903)
18
Crews Practicing on River Lee at Cork Regatta (1902)
19
England v Ireland at Manchester (1905)
20
Blackburn v... (1904)
21
Everton v Newcastle United (1902)
22
Everton v Newcastle United (1903)
23
Halifax v Salford (1901)
24
Hull City Football (c.1905)
25
Hunslet v Leeds (1901)
26
Moss Street v St Philips Football (1907)
27
Manchester Races (1902)
28
Northern Union Challenge Cup Final - Halifax v Salford (1903)
29
Kingston Rowing Club at Practice (1902)
30
Liverpool v Small Heath (1901)
31
Manchester to Blackpool Road Race (1903)
32
Newcastle United v Liverpool (1901)
33
Notts County v Middlesbrough (1902)
34
Oldham v Swinton (1901)
35
Preston North End v Aston Villa (1905)
36
Preston North End v Notts County (1904)
37
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers (1904)
38
Rotherham Town v Thornhill (1902)
39
Runcorn v St Helens (1901)
40
Salford v Batley (1901)
41
Sheffield United v Bury (1902)
42
St Helens v Swinton (1901)
43
Sunderland v Leicester Fosse (1907)
44
Sunderland v Middlesbrough (1904)
45
Trotting Match at Springfield Park, Wigan (1904)
46
Two Oared Boat Race, Sunday's Well, Cork (1902)
47
Wales v Ireland at Wrexham (1906)
48
Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (1904)
49
Final of International Cup at Cork Regatta (1902)
50
Warrington v St.Helens (1901)
51
Water Polo Match (c.1901)
52
Burnley Football (1903)
53
Bolton Football 2 (c.1900)
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