Charles Dickens and the Magic Lantern

[@AdeleCeleste]

The magic lantern pictures look like animated Gifs. I LOVED those, especially the ones of nature and the seasons. Thank you for posting! :-)

[@williheckaslike]

Great little film, well edited, produced, and presented ~ I look forward to seeing your uploads ~ Thank you for preserving our past ~ A Merry Christmas, to everyone at bfi ~ and all the very best for the new year ~ Geoff

[@carolinenalle]

No, not a mistake! The Magic Lantern has been popular for several centuries. People have been fascinated by moving pictures of some sort or another for a long time :)

[@Edfilm711]

I have been fascinated with Magic Lantern use because of references in many books from the 1800s that I read. Also in SteamPunk and even the Old West here in the USA it can be fun to imagine.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Very fascinating

[@CommandoX798]

I’m here from Red Dead Redemption 2. I saw a magic lantern show in Valentine, and this interested me.

[@electriceaselart]

Well done! Amazing! Thank you.

[@omigodimanotary]

Really interesting! Thank you!

[@christopherenglish5213]

I liked enjoyed your show , love the music choice

[@JustDreamingLife]

really interesting!

[@akaRazz2]

I enjoyed that very much. Has - does - Mervyn Heard ever present(ed) magic lantern shows at BFI Southbank or associated venues?

[@Jeffrey314159]

The more elaborate Magic Lanterns could create visual effects similar to the screen-savors on PC monitors

[@normayustisia3581]

wow...

[@RichardWhite_Composer]

It would be great if you acknowledged the composer of the soundtrack, so I'll ask: Who is the composer?

[@internezzo]

Thanks to the glacial speed of youtube's servers it only took about 20 minutes to watch an 8 minute clip.

[@frankieamsden7918]

Watching this in 2023 and wondering if the Eddy siblings used a magic lantern for their seances in Chittenden Vt.

[@Hellishcrusade]

"..end of the seventeenth century"???
- shurely shome mishtake?