Robert W. Paul Movies

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 boy pulls a prank on his poor old mother.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

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...

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

A comic short in which a tramp attempts to ride a bicycle, tumbling repeatedly before giving up in despair. A skilled rider then takes the stage,...

An anarchist blows up the general who sent his wife to Siberia.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

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

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

A train snaking around Chamonix, Switzerland, with a steep Alpine slope inches away from the tracks.

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

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

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

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