This film is part of Free
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_480x270/public/hero-images/QCdjB5HwFOTaWQ8X4xMDoxOjA4MTsiGN_2_18.jpg?itok=aQsDHFqW)
Workers at Ross & Hardy Paper Works (1901)
Where was this Edwardian paper works?
Overview
By 1901 wood pulp had begun to replace more costly cotton fibre in paper-making, leading to a burgeoning market in cheaply-produced newspapers and other print materials. We don't know where this long-gone works was, but its handsome stuccoed frontage and healthy appearance of its employees - some of them proudly holding beautifully-clothed infants up for the cameras - suggest a thriving business.
Related
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/3Gduepif0T1UGY8H4xMDoxOjA4MTsiGN_2_24.jpg?itok=94kWGfOC)
Lizars, Edinburgh Lizars, Edinburgh
Drama 1904 2 mins Silent Location: Edinburgh
Mitchell and Kenyon capture comedian Tom E. Murray at Lizars Theatre in Edinburgh on 12 December 1904.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/de2284b6fa24124fd4c325190698e713.jpg?itok=mdVDm2my)
Unidentified Trams and Walking Race (c.1902) Unidentified Trams and Walking Race (c.1902)
Non-Fiction 1902 1 mins Silent
Eager crowds watch the trams go by, while a boisterous children's walking race raises smiles all round.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo226251514_2.jpg?itok=as9imJB3)
Unidentified Chinese Men (c.1900) Unidentified Chinese Men (c.1900)
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent
How did these Chinese gentlemen end up in a Blackburn basement?
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/YUAndpMCbXk_9hvX4xMDoxOjA4MTsiGN_2_1.jpg?itok=ejYg2goK)
Parade of Schoolchildren (c.1902) Parade of Schoolchildren (c.1902)
Non-Fiction 1903 2 mins Silent
Can you identify this street corner, or perhaps a young face in the parade?
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Ut_HKthATH4eww8X4xMDoxOjAwMTt5zx_2_4.jpg?itok=q85eQi54)
Mitchell and Kenyon Fiction Offcuts Mitchell and Kenyon Fiction Offcuts
Drama 1902 0 mins Silent
Two tantalising fragments of Mitchell and Kenyon's fiction films - but what do they tell us?
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/promo210348242_2.jpg?itok=O7TquPji)
Scene Outside a Factory (c.1902) Scene Outside a Factory (c.1902)
Non-Fiction 1902 2 mins Silent
Men mill around the bustling yard of a large workplace, perhaps a brewery?
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/silverhazeqaextended_0.jpg?itok=T-FOBodE)
Silver Haze - Exclusive Q&A Silver Haze - Exclusive Q&A
Short interview 2024 29 mins
Vicky Knight sits down with Rowan Woods for an extended discussion on the making of the film Silver Haze. *Contains Spoilers*
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/cymande.jpg?itok=Jqu3O2zo)
Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - Q&A Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - Q&A
Inside Film 2024 22 mins
The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/west-case1.jpg?itok=A5Q_9vtZ)
The West Case The West Case
Action and Adventure 1923 28 mins Silent Location: Tilbury
Plotting world domination, Devil Doctor Fu-Manchu steals plans for a new aero-torpedo in this earliest surviving thrill-a-minute serial instalment.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/scala5.jpg?itok=qfLzK5jz)
Enter the Scala!!! Enter the Scala!!!
Inside Film 2024 16 mins
Filmmakers Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss their documentary Scala!!!, revisiting the legendary and inspirational cinema venue and some of the most notorious films that screened there.