Mitchell Kenyon Movies
- 1901
Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast
Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast5.51901HD
In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.
- 1901
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery4.81901HD
A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.
- 1902
Cattle Market in Derry
Cattle Market in Derry51902HD
Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.
- 1900
20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne51900HD
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...
- 1902
Hull Fair
Hull Fair01902HD
The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.
- 1902
Tram Rides through Nottingham
Tram Rides through Nottingham01902HD
This fascinating record of Edwardian Nottingham was filmed from the driver's platform of a tram on a single journey through the city centre between...
- 1899
Kidnapping by Indians
Kidnapping by Indians3.11899HD
Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is...
- 1901
A Sneaky Boer
A Sneaky Boer4.21901HD
Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.
- 1901
Newcastle United v Liverpool
Newcastle United v Liverpool5.6671901HD
An Edwardian football match at Newcastle's St James' Park ground.
- 1901
Royal Scots Regiment at Edinburgh Castle
Royal Scots Regiment at Edinburgh Castle01901HD
Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
- 1906
Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson
Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson01906HD
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the...
- 1904
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers4.51904HD
The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.
- 1904
Opening of the Drill Hall in Accrington by General Baden-Powell
Opening of the Drill Hall in Accrington by General Baden-Powell41904HD
It shows General Baden-Powell, hero of the Anglo-Boer war, and his family visiting Accrington.
- 1901
Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood
Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood5.61901HD
A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.
- 1901
North Sea Fisheries, North Shields
North Sea Fisheries, North Shields51901HD
Girls gut herring on the quay at North Shields while a Showman tries to stir up trouble.
- 1903
Diving Lucy
Diving Lucy3.91903HD
The biggest English comedy hit of the year. The scene is laid on an English estate at the edge of a pond. A couple of laborers discover, protruding...
- 1902
Tram Ride from King Street to Patrick's Bridge, Cork
Tram Ride from King Street to Patrick's Bridge, Cork61902HD
As well as its extensive railway network, Cork was served by an impressive tramway system, which was just four years old when this film was made. As...
- 1901
Arrest of Goudie
Arrest of Goudie31901HD
This film recreates the arrest of Thomas Goudie, a bank employee who embezzled £170,000 to pay gambling debts, using the real locations. It...
- 1901
Manchester Band of Hope Procession
Manchester Band of Hope Procession4.91901HD
A temperance society decries the demon drink on the streets of Edwardian Manchester.
- 1902
Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party Hull
Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party Hull4.31902HD
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...