George Albert Smith Movies

An actuality of the Brock's fireworks factory to celebrate its 40th anniversary organizes. The final shot has two flaming portraits of King Edward...

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as...

Man dresses up as a woman, and the film is reversed.

Lovers are comically interrupted

Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new...

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing. This disarmingly simple film...

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

A man shaves, back to the camera, face reflected in a mirror.

Warwick. Railway actuality footage

Compilation of 7 short scenes: ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’; ‘Old Mother Hubbard’; ‘Little Miss Muffet’;...

A view taken from Brighton beach on the Channel coast of the transit of Magnus Volk’s amazing seagoing electric railway, long celebrated as one...

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...

The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.

Girl gives spoonful of milk to kitten. (Cut-in close-up) [The British Film Catalogue]

Man pulls out bad tooth, which is then shown in closeup.