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Victorian Britain on Film

Nov 20, 2021 | IMDB 8

70 min Watch Now

TV Movie, Documentary

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

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Imelda Staunton, Helen Antrobus, Peng Wenlan, Onyeka Nubia, Greg Jenner, Thomas Dixon, Geoffrey Carr, Ian Christie, Pamela Cox, Vanessa Toulmin

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