Writer and director Sidney Gilliat born in Edgeley, Cheshire (d. 1994)
20 March
Actor Michael Redgrave born in Bristol (d. 1985)
May
Walter Tyler introduces 'daylight projection' to Britain: idea is that, for sake of morality, films be projected without darkening auditorium.
21 June
Greatest suffragette rally in Hyde Park.
8 December
Smith and Charles Urban demonstrate Kinemacolor at the Royal Society of Arts, London.
Cricks and Martin production partnership established.
Pathé introduces the newsreel Pathé-Faits Divers under the direction of Alvert Gaveau. The name is changed soon afterwards to Pathé-Journal.
1909
Cinematograph Films Act hands responsibility for licensing cinemas to local authorities, ostensibly to ensure safety, but creating de facto powers of censorship.
1910
6 May
Death of King Edward VII
June
Pathe's Animated Gazette first released in Britain
Pathé's Animated Gazette inaugurated in Britain; continues as Pathé News until February 1969.
The Man to Beat Jack Johnson (Tyler Film Company)
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor (d. Lewin Fitzhamon)
1911
4 January
Siege of Sidney Street begins after members of an anarchist gang thought to have murdered a police officer are traced to a house in Houndsditch.
22 June
Coronation of King George V
1912
14 April
The ocean liner Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks on her maiden voyage
8 September
Alexander Mackendrick born in Boston, Massachusets (d. 1993)
British Board of Film Censors established, initially offering two certificates: U (suitable for all) and A (more suitable for adults)
Writer and director Sidney Gilliat born in Edgeley, Cheshire (d. 1994)