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- ↑ Barnes, John (1976). The Beginnings of the Cinema in England: 1898, the Rise of the Photoplay. David & Charles. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-85219-012-5.
- ↑ Brooke, Michael. "Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (1898)". Screenonline . British Film Institute . Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ Sopocy, Martin (1998). James Williamson: Studies and Documents of a Pioneer of the Film Narrative . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8386-3716-6.
- ↑ "On the West Pier". Screen Archive South East. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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