The Limelight Department, later one of the…
June 1892 CE
Operated by The Salvation Army, the Limelight Department produces evangelistic material for use by the Salvation Army, including lantern slides as early as 1891, as well as private and government contracts.
In its nineteen years of operation, the Limelight Department will produce about three hundred films of various lengths, making it one of largest film producers of its time.
The Limelight Department had unofficially started in 1891, when Adjutant Joseph Perry started a photographic studio in Ballarat, Victoria, to supplement the income of the Salvation Army's Prison Gate Home.
At the time, Perry was on compassionate leave from active ministry, as his wife Annie had died earlier that year, leaving Perry to raise their three children.
In September 1891, Perry was temporarily reassigned to the Australasian Headquarters in Melbourne to assist Australasian commander, Commissioner Thomas Coombs, in putting together a presentation of General William Booth's In Darkest England program.
At this stage, Perry was using lantern slides which projected hand colored photographs onto a large screen.
Coombs had been impressed by the quality and effectiveness of presentation, making Perry's move to Melbourne permanent.
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