The Cheese Mites

The Cheese Mites
The Cheese Mites
	Screenshot from the film
Directed by	F. Martin Duncan
Produced by	Charles Urban
Cinematography	F. Martin Duncan
Production; company	Charles Urban Trading Company
Release date	August 1903;
Running time	2.5 mins extant
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

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

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 had survived.

References

^ Brooke, Michael. "The Cheese Mites". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Rohrer, Finlo. "Cheese mites and other wonders". BBC News Magazine Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

The Cheese Mites at IMDb
Complete film on YouTube

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[BFIso01-1] Brooke, Michael. "The Cheese Mites". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[BBCbm01-2] Rohrer, Finlo. "Cheese mites and other wonders". BBC News Magazine Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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