The Cheese Mites

The Cheese Mites (1903) is a British short silent documentary film, produced by Charles Urban and directed by F. Martin Duncan.

The Cheese Mites
Screenshot from the film
Directed byF. Martin Duncan
Produced byCharles Urban
CinematographyF. Martin Duncan
Production
company
Charles Urban Trading Company
Release date
  • August 1903 (1903-08)
Running time
2.5 mins extant
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent

Plot

A gentleman is put off his lunch when he holds up a magnifying glass and sees a microscopic view of the cheese mites in his Stilton cheese sandwich.

Production background

The film "was the sensation of the first public programme of scientific films in Britain shown at the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, London, in August 1903". According to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "its claim to being scientific lay in its being shot through a microscope, revealing to a lay audience sights that would normally only have been available to owners of microscopes."[1][2]

Preservation status

A complete copy which includes an opening sequence, featuring F. Martin Duncan as the gentleman, was recently discovered uploaded to YouTube under a different title, and has now been acquired by the British Film Institute. Previously only the sequence showing the cheese mites was known to have survived.

gollark: So low-level architecture then.
gollark: Wait, do you mean architecture or process?
gollark: Unless you're just packing the existing spectrum into the visible light range or something.
gollark: No, if the eye could see it it would be gamma ray colored.
gollark: Also, they can ionise things without stopping.

References
  1. Brooke, Michael. "The Cheese Mites". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. Rohrer, Finlo. "Cheese mites and other wonders". BBC News Magazine Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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