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Matt Raymond


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Matt Raymond

British electrician, projectionist, cameraman

At twenty-one years old, Matt Raymond was the electrician of the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Regent Street, London, responsible for installing the electric arc lamp for Felicien Trewey's first Cinématographe performances. There were serious problems with the arrangement, and Raymond saved the day by quickly arranging the replacement of the arcs and lamphouse condenser. Trewey realised the value of the young electrician, and arranged for him to install the equipment at Cardiff in May 1896, and the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Returning to London in June, Raymond installed a projection room for the Cinématographe at the Crystal Palace; at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, in July; and in Sheffield, Dublin, Belfast and many other towns. Raymond must also have acted as Trewey's cameraman, taking the first English Lumière films including Cyclistes et cavaliers arrivant au cottage (featuring Trewey as a participant), Entrée du Cinématographe (showing the frontage of the Empire Theatre), Pont de la Tour and Pont de Westminster (all 1896).

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