Robert W. Paul Movies

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

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

Old woman sews patch on grandson’s trousers while friends jeer.

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

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

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

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...

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.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

Two boys quarrel over a girl at a birthday party.

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.