The Arrest of a Pickpocket
The Arrest of a Pickpocket | |
---|---|
Directed by | Birt Acres |
Produced by |
|
Cinematography | Birt Acres |
Production company | Robert W. Paul |
Release date |
|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent |
The Arrest of a Pickpocket is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent crime film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a policeman catching a pickpocket with the assistance of a passing sailor.[1][2] The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.[3]
References[]
- ^ "The Arrest of a Pickpocket". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "The Arrest of a Pickpocket". Silent Era. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "A brief History: A 1896 Fairground Programme - The George Williams Collection". Europa Film Treasures. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1895 films
- British films
- British black-and-white films
- British silent short films
- Films directed by Birt Acres
- Pickpockets
- 1890s rediscovered films
- British crime films
- 1890s crime films
- Rediscovered British films
- 1890s short films
- Silent British film stubs
- Pre-1900 film stubs
- Short silent film stubs