British cinematograph films acts and related documents, 1827-1938.

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British cinematograph films acts and related documents, 1827-1938.

Includes the Cinematograph Films Act of 1927, Board of Trade minutes and reports, text of films bill, House of Commons proceedings and debates, House of Lords Hansard reports, the Cinematograph Films Act of 1938, statutory rules and orders, all pertaining to Great Britain's Cinematograph Films Acts designed to legislate booking, renting, and exhibition of a certain proportion of British films.

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