Robert W. Paul Movies

A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and...

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

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

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

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

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

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

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre...

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only...

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

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

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...

Taken from a motor cab running at full speed along Piccadilly and through the Circus, narrowly escaping collision with various buses and cabs

A man strolling in a city street is attacked by three assailants. A policeman comes to the rescue and the men struggle with each other.

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

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

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.