Robert W. Paul Movies

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

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...

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...

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

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

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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.

Seen but not heard? Three children get up to mischief after their mother puts them to bed in this Victorian entertainment. This was one of numerous...

A convict escapes from Portland Quarry and is caught in the woods by bloodhounds from Radnage kennels.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

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

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....

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

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

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