英国电影的起源在欧洲来说相对较早,1889年就有英国人多尼索尔普制造了摄影机和转动架,1895年就有英国人艾克里斯拍摄了世界上最早的新闻纪录片,但由于没有放映机,这些拍摄的短片都未能及时放映出来。直到1896年3月,英国人威廉·保罗在奥林匹亚大厅放映了他自己拍摄的《多佛尔海的狂浪》,英国才有了电影的首次商业性放映。另外,英国早期有几位被称为 The origins of British cinema were relatively earlier in Europe. In 1889, English-made Doneiseppe made cameras and turrets. In 1895, British Eklis took the world’s earliest documentary film but since Without the projector, these videos were not shown in time. It was not until March 1896 that William Paul, the British, showed his own “Wave of the Dover Sea” in Olympia Hall, where Britain had its first commercial show. In addition, a few early British were called