Robert W. Paul Movies

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

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...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

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...

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.

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

Silent documentary short

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

Short documentary released in 1907.

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

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

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

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.