The company was founded by William Butcher, a chemist from Blackheath.
The company survived through several production slumps in the British film industry and two World Wars.
In later years the company mainly released films made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-upon-Thames in Surrey.
[1] The company attempted to give its films a patriotic and populist appeal, and were particularly aimed at working-class audiences in industrial areas.
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