Robert W. Paul Movies

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...

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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 Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

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

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

Short actuality showing Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Portsmouth, including views associated with Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Victory. Produced in...

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited India from November 1905 to March 19, 1906.

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre...

A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.