Barnet Fair

1896 · Directed by Robert W. Paul · documentary film, silent film

Barnet Fair is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film produced by Birt Acres. The surviving portion shows roundabouts at the fair and can be viewed on the BFI Player (for free, if in the UK). This was the first moving picture record of the event. Birt Acres would go on to make five further films of the fair in 1897.