Robert W. Paul Movies

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

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 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...

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

A burglar ties up a woman while the husband hides under the bed.

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

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

Taken from a motor cab running at full speed along Piccadilly and through the Circus, narrowly escaping collision with various buses and cabs

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

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...

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

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

Documentary snippets from the lives of miners.

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...

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.