Nov 20, 2021
70 min
Full-HD

Victorian Britain on Film (2021)

Offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film.

Imelda Staunton

Narrator

Helen Antrobus

Self

Peng Wenlan

Self

Onyeka Nubia

Self

Greg Jenner

Self

Thomas Dixon

Self

Geoffrey Carr

Self

Ian Christie

Self

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