HC Deb 05 April 1927 vol 204 c1847
2. Mr. B. SMITH

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the length of cinematograph films imported into this country from each of the im-

Year. Germany. France, United States of America. Other Foreign Countries. British Countries. Total Imports. Net Imports, i.e., Total Imports less Re-exports.
Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft. Thous. lin. ft.
(a) Positives, i.e., films containing a picture for exhibition, whether developed or not,of a standard width of 1⅜ inches.
1919 … … 7 2,559 15,077 1,228 464 19,335 15,577
1920 … … 192 4,061 17,200 3,054 506 25,013 20,933
1921 … … 778 3,154 11,557 2,280 793 18,562 14,582
1922 … … 2,357 3,312 11,981 1,900 631 20,181 16,708
1923 … … 2,704 3,043 12,395 1,610 705 20,457 16,975
1924 … … 2,034 9,305 22,769 811 1,543 36,462 32,052
1925 … … 2,200 5,888 29,180 1,587 4,791 43,646 38,450
1926 … … 1,592 4,847 9,488 664 358 16,949 13,866
(b) Negatives, i.e., films containing a photograph, whether developed or not, from which positives can be printed, of a standard width of 1⅜ inches.
1919 … … — 394 5,299 121 43 5,857 2,578
1920 … … 9 904 3,353 201 140 4,607 1,946
1921 … … 69 1,446 3,842 277 120 5,754 2,228
1922 … … 963 1,625 4,066 406 311 7,371 2,883
1923 … … 1,028 954 4,712 324 222 7,240 2,219
1924 … … 942 1,144 4,018 399 189 6,692 2,347
1925 … … 1,041 1,586 6,310 286 92 9,315 3,062
1926 … … 860 795 4,122 448 200 6,425 2,862

Notes.—(1) The particulars for 1926 are provisional and subject to slight amendment on final examination of the returns.

(2)Prior to the 1st April, 1923, the particulars relate to imports into Great Britain and Ireland. From that date they relate to imports into Great Britain and Northern Ireland only.

(3)The particulars given relate to the countries from which films were consigned to the United Kingdom, and these are not necessarily the countries of production in all cases. The countries in which the films were produced cannot be stated.

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