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Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019
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William 'Bill' Barnes was a renowned film history and collector, who together with his twin brother John (1920-2008), amassed one of the finest collections of early British cinema in the country.
Bill and John became fascinated with cinema from an early age. When they were twelve years old they had a home cine projector and soon after, still in their teen years, they started to make their own films and documentaries. Examples of the titles they created together are Cornish Nets and With the Gypsies in Kent.
Bill and John started to collect cinema material in the 1930s. The brothers served together in the Royal Navy during WWII. At the end of the war, they became specialist booksellers of cinema and pre-cinema material.
The brothers opened the Barnes Museum of Cinematography in St Ives in 1936. John managed the collection while Bill continued to build up the collection visiting fairs, markets and auctions around the country. At this time Bill was working as a Film Production Consultant in London, where he used to visit markets and antique shops. The museum closed in 1986 and the collection was split between the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin and Hove Museum. Eventually, Bill started to run h
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Gilbert (surname)
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Gilbert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Gilbert (born 1954), British author and military historian
- Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) (1944–2010), Australian, President and BR Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
- Alan Gilbert (conductor) (born 1967), American conductor
- Alex Gilbert (adoption advocate) (born 1992), New Zealand adoption advocate
- Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), English sculptor and goldsmith
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961), American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman
- Alvarus E. Gilbert (1825–1891), American farmer and politician
- Amy Gilbert (1895–1980), American historian
- Anthony Gilbert (composer), British composer
- Arthur Gilbert (triathlete) (1921–2015), English triathlon competitor
- Arthur Hill Gilbert (1894–1970), American Impressionist painter
- Arik Gilbert (born 2002), American football player
- Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858–1927), French physician and medical researcher
- Barrie Gilbert (1937–2020), English-born electronics engineer, inventor of the Gilbert cell
- Bartholomew Gilbert (died 1603), English explorer, sailor, captain
- Benjamin Gilbert (died 1780), Pennsylvania settler captured by Indians
- Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), Americ
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