Robert W Paul Movies

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

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophistic...

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A...

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only fort...

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 le...

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.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then perform...

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...

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 spee...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

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

A barber cuts heads off Negro and white customers, who then dismember him.

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

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

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

Japanese pose as coolies, blow up a train, are caught and shot.