Film making in Britain prior to WWI. Actors from B & C films gather for a photo shoot in 1914 outside the Dinorben Arms. British & Colonial Films was a British company making mostly silent films in London 1908 -1924. Later in 1908 The British and Colonial Kinematograph Company was formed in 1908 by Albert Henry ("Bert") Bloomfield (–1933) & John Benjamin ("Mac") McDowell (1878–1954). Operating from a rented basement in central London, they used only one camera and developed the negatives in McDowell's house. Later they moved to their own studio at Newstead House ,East Finchley, London.

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