Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925 is the 2014 winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award. Charles Urban examines the career and legacy of the eponymous Anglo-American film producer. Urban is a well-known and crucial figure in early film history for his development of Kinemacolor, the world's first successful natural color moving picture system. But Urban's influence was even more far-reaching, according to Luke McKernan. As McKernan reveals, Urban's deep belief in film as an educational tool led him to become an...

Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925is the 2014 winner of theKraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award.Charles Urban examines the career and legacy of the eponymous Anglo-American film producer. Urban is a well-known and crucial figure in early film history for his development of Kinemacolor, the world s first successful natural color moving picture system. But Urban s influence was even more far-reaching, according to Luke McKernan. As McKernan reveals, Urban s deep belief in film as an educational tool led him to become an...