The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. It was established as an offshoot of the Gaumont Film Company of France.
The former Gaumont State Cinema in Kilburn, London, opened in 1937
The Odeon, Westover Road, Bournemouth was a Gaumont until 1986
G.B-Bell & Howell Autoset Turret 8mm film camera
Gaumont-Kalee GK21 35mm cine film projector, National Media Museum, Bradford
The Gaumont Film Company, often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé, Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu.
A Spido reportage at the Fotomuseum Antwerp