Movies

Silent documentary short

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

Short documentary released in 1907.

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.