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{{Short description|1898 British film by James Williamson}}
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'''''Early Fashions on Brighton Pier''''' is a 1898 British silent [[actuality film]], generally considered to be shot by Scottish film pioneer [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]]. Previously, the film had been credited to [[George Albert Smith (film pioneer)|George Albert Smith]].<ref name="Barnes">{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=John|title=The Beginnings of the Cinema in England: 1898, the Rise of the Photoplay|year=1976|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=978-1-85219-012-5|page=224}}</ref><ref name=BFI>{{cite web|last=Brooke|first=Michael|title=Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (1898)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/713754/index.html|work=[[Screenonline]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref> The more recent attribution to Williamson is based mainly on the identification of two of Williamson's sons in the pier crowd.<ref name="Sopocy">{{cite book|last=Sopocy|first=Martin|title=James Williamson: Studies and Documents of a Pioneer of the Film Narrative|year=1998|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3716-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/jameswilliamsons00sopo/page/258 258]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/jameswilliamsons00sopo/page/258}}</ref> It is categorised in the Screen Archive South East as '''''On the West Pier'''''.<ref name=SASE>{{cite web|title=On the West Pier|url=http://sasesearch.brighton.ac.uk/view/?from=themes&fromid=2049&film=8380|work=Screen Archive South East|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref>
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[[Category:1890s British films]]
[[Category:British silent short films]]
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