Robert W. Paul Movies

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

Short documentary released in 1907.

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...

Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

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

Silent documentary short

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30...

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

A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne refers to a one-minute film recorded in October 1896 by English film pioneer Robert William Paul. According to...

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.