Why this matters
James Bamforth was an English filmmaker and entrepreneur who established Bamforth & Co., known for producing lantern slides, pioneering early motion pictures, and publishing comic postcards, significantly contributing to the development of visual entertainment technologies.
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Bamforth & Co. This building was the film studio and warehouse of the firm founded by James Bamforth in 1870. The firm became famous as a producer of lantern slides, a pioneer of motion pictures and a publisher of comic postcards. Recorded plaque organisation: Holme Valley Civic Society.
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