The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumi re brothers .
Telling the story of the white-hot years of filmmaking in the 1890s, Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema seeks to restore Robert Paul, Britain\'s most important early innovator in film, to his rightf.
But while these have generally been considered the foremost pioneers of film, they were not the only crucial figures in its inception.
The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumi re brothers