Mitchell Kenyon Movies

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

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...

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

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...

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

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...

Outside a fairground cinematograph in Edwardian Lancashire.

Rugby league footage from Mitchell & Kenyon.

A short film depicting a dramatized scene from the Boer War, produced by the Lancashire company Mitchell and Kenyon. The film portrays the rescue of...

A lively crowd surround the camera filming a tram leaving Wigan Market Place.

Larking about during Church Lads' Brigade drill and parade in Morecambe.

Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.

A small battalion of Yorkshire schoolchildren lines up for a playground photograph.

A striking panorama of the Peak District town and its magnificent Georgian Crescent.

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...

Splendid views of Edwardian Rochdale from the front of a tram after a recent dusting of snow.

Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.

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...