First Commercial Film
Trials featuring the Hornsby Tractor and the Rochet-Schneider were the subject of a film that was used in an attempt to promote sales and also shown in cinemas. Although cinema advertisements had been produced since the late 1890s, this is believed to be the first promotional film of appreciable length. There was also a screening in the presence of senior British officers and foreign military attachés.
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