The British film industry has experienced periods of growth and decline throughout its history. In the late 19th century, Britain began participating in the emerging film industry. However, World War I negatively impacted British film production as tax rates increased. The 1950s saw the influential Free Cinema movement reinvigorate British documentary filmmaking and influence the British New Wave of the late 1950s and 1960s. Ealing Studios dominated the 1950s British film scene with popular comedies like The Ladykillers. The 1960s saw the beginning of the highly successful James Bond franchise with Dr. No, establishing conventions for action and spy films.

1. British cinema

2. History of british film industry
 Towards the end of the 19th century the uk became part of the film
industry as still images eventually became moving images.
 The UK was the main destination for European films to be produced
However Britain's involvement in the world war had
 In the early 1900's the government decided to invest in cinemas and
theatres . Despite this investment British film production went on a record
low as tax rates increased in 1916.

3.  let's not forget the dark days of 1999 and 2000, when this paper felt
compelled to trash jaw-dropping wave of terrible British films in the wake
of the lottery-fund bonanza.
 Fortunately, such a scenario will never come to pass, unless an insanely
protectionist government installs a prohibitive quota regime. But imagine
if we were, right now, being governed by a cinematic ultra-nationalist, it's
safe to say that it would be less of a hardship than it would have been for
years. For – whisper it – British cinema is going through a golden age, a
renaissance we have hardly noticed we are living through.

4.  Free Cinema is now acknowledged as a highly influential moment in British
cinema history, which not only re-invigorated British documentary in the
1950s but also served as a precursor to the British New Wave in the late
1950s and early 1960s.
 Essentially, Free Cinema was the general title given to a series of six
programmes of (mainly) short documentaries shown at the National Film
Theatre (NFT) in London between February 1956 and March 1959. The
programmes were put together by a group of young filmmakers and critics
whose films were shown in the series' three British programmes

5.  In the 50s there was one dominating film studio in Britain, Ealing
studios. The Ladykillers (1955) was a typical film from the studios. Ealing
studios is the oldest continuously used studio in the world from 1902. Post
war comedy became their hallmark genre.
 The 60s birthed the James Bond collection with Dr No (1962), conventions
were created and polished. The film used graphics as there was body cut
out edits. The theme and style has continued to present day.