Who's Who of Victorian Cinema is a comprehensive collection of obscure info about filmmaking at the end of the 19th century. The site contains biographies of several hundred pioneering directors, a technical essay, and a really interesting survey of the first cameras and projectors. I really dig the categories that the pioneers are grouped into, such as magicians, engineers, propagandists and evangelists, scientists, astronomers and chronophotographers, and fairground exhibitors. I only wish the site had clips from the movies to watch!
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