Blackfriars Bridge (film)

Blackfriars Bridge (AKA: Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge) is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages passing over Blackfriars Bridge, London. The film was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by R.W. Paul in July 1896," and, "screened as part of his Alhambra Theatre programme shortly afterwards, certainly no later than 31 August"[1]

Blackfriars Bridge
Directed byRobert W. Paul
Produced byRobert W. Paul
CinematographyRobert W. Paul
Production
company
Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date
  • August 1896 (1896-08)
Running time
36 seconds
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent

References

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  1. ^ Brooke, Michael. "Blackfriars Bridge". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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