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Originally Posted by Ryewolf90
It was part of the British Textile Biennial Festival.
This was celebrating the pioneering Blackburn Film-makers Mitchell and Kenyon and the centenary of the Cotton Exchange becoming a cinema.
In 1899 Mitchell and Kenyon produced KIDNAPPING BY INDIANS, a film that is now recognised as the first western ever made
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Thanks for the Info. Ryewolf90.
Nice to see that (maybe) one of my ancesters came to fame!
Cheers
Philip Kenyon