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1928
26 July
Director Stanley Kubrick born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1999)
July
British Screen News founded
15 August
Director Nicolas Roeg born in London
27 September
British premiere of The Jazz Singer at Piccadilly Theatre, London.
Shooting Stars (d. A.V. Bramble / Anthony Asquith)
John Grierson appointed head of Empire Marketing Board, told to "bring the Empire alive".
1929
June
British Movietone News, the first British sound newsreel, begins
29 October
The Wall Street Crash signals the start of the Great Depression of the early 1930s
October
Federation of Workers' Film Society established in London to "arouse working class interest in films of special importance"
Atlantic (d. E.A. Dupont)
Blackmail (d. Alfred Hitchcock)
Drifters (d. John Grierson)
Picadilly (d. E.A. Dupont)
Would You Believe It? (d. Walter Forde)
British Movietone News and Gaumont-British launch sound newsreels.
1930
18 January
Fire causes serious damage at Gainsborough's studios in Islington.
First sound version of Pathe Gazette
Universal Talking News founded
A Cottage on Dartmoor (d. Anthony Asquith)
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Blackmail (d. Alfred Hitchcock) 
Picadilly (d. E.A. Dupont)