Albert Yearsley became the first resident to shoot local films. On 30 December 1909, he shot the Rizal Day celebration at the Luneta which was shown in April of the following year. This was followed by shots of the Manila Carnival of 1910; the eruption of Taal Volcano in 1911; the first airplane flight over Manila by flyer Bud Mars during the Manila Carnival of 1911; the Tondo, Pandacan, and Paco fires of 1911; the trip of the Igorots to Barcelona; and the Cebu typhoon of 1912.

Yearsley along with Harry Brown, Edward M. Gross, and some other foreign filmmakers were credited as the founding Fathers of Philippine Cinema hence they are the "Father of Philippine Cinema."

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