John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, Bath cinematographer (photocopies of newspaper articles and photographs)
Reference Number
PP/2496
Level of Description
Item
Title
John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, Bath cinematographer (photocopies of newspaper articles and photographs)
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Newport, Raymond: Author
Extent
Pages: 1
Description
Contains the following items:
1. Bath Inventor who was cinema pioneer. Photocopy of a newspaper article in the Bath & Wilts Chronicle and Herald dated 1st February 1953 on the life and work of Bath-born and bred John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, a pioneer in the history of cinematography. Includes an account of his moving picture experiment using a photograph of Frank Huxtable.
2. Rudge's place in the invention of the movies. Photocopy of a newspaper article in the Bath and Wilts Chronicle and Herald on Bath-born and bred John Arthur Roebuck Rudge and the pioneering cinematography work that he carried out with the collaboration of William Friese-Green, in particular, the Biophantic Lantern. The article is dated January 3rd 1953, the fiftieth anniversary of his death
3. Bath Inventor who was cinema pioneer (photograph)
4. Memorial to Bath's cinema pioneer. Two photocopies of photographs taken for the Bath & Wilts Chronicle & Herald on the unveiling of a headstone to Bath cinematographer and inventor, John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, at St. Michael's cemetery, Lower Weston, Bath. Dated 2016
5. Two photocopies of photographs taken for the Bath & Wilts Chronicle & Herald on the unveiling of a headstone to Bath cinematographer and inventor, John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, at St. Michael's cemetery, Lower Weston, Bath. Two photographs of the above memorial set above Rudge's grave dated c. 2000
Personal Name
Rudge, John Arthur Roebuck, 1837-1903, cinematographer, inventor, scientific instrument-maker
