Robert W. Paul Movies

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

A series of actuality films showing the procession to mark Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

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

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.

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

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

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

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

The short film is just a shot of the Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. However, it is extremely important because, filmed on March 30...

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

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

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...

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

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

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk...

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...