Talk:Bamforths
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It seems worth noting that the Bamforth "Kiss in the Tunnel" is an immitation of an earlier film produced by G.A. Smith and James Williamson of the Brighton school of filmmakers. The Smith/Williamson film was only a single shot, delivered to exhibitors with instructions to "cut" it into an existing film of a train going through a tunnel. The Bamforth version mimics the Smith/Williamson film almost exactly (common during the period before films were copyrighted and a specialty of the Bamforth company) but saved the exhibitors from having to cut the film themselves. So, first known film including cuts, but not the first film to usecuts. Might be too much information to include, but it doesn't seem right giving the Bamforth company full credit for that.
