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...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

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

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

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

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 White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.

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...

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...

Short documentary released in 1907.

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

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.