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Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker.
He made narrative films as early as April 1895. Those films were shown first in Edison Kinescope knockoffs. In 1896 he showed them projected. That was about the time the Lumière brothers were pioneering projected films in France.
His first notably successful scientic device was his Unipivot galvanometer.
In 1999 the British film industry erected a commemorative plaque on his building at 44 Hatton Garden, London.
Most Popular Robert W. Paul Trailers
Total trailers found: 112
01 February 1898
Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
01 January 1898
The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.
01 January 1909
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
14 January 1896
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 1895, it is the earliest film from Great Britain.
01 January 1896
This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
10 November 1903
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 saying good-by to his companion.
01 August 1898
A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.
18 July 1903
A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.
01 January 1898
The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back down on a parallel track.
29 September 1897
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 field, alongside an ass, and several other women.
01 March 1895
Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator Robert W.
30 October 1897
A series of actuality films showing the procession to mark Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.
01 May 1895
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.
01 January 1897
A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.
19 June 1895
The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.
01 January 1896
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 their way back on the running track.
20 November 1895
A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past.
01 September 1900
Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.
05 December 1902
A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.
10 August 1904
A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.
01 January 1898
Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.
01 September 1899
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
11 August 1901
The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage.
01 July 1896
Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.
29 December 1902
Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
01 January 1896
Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.
02 January 1896
A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1896
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1907
Short documentary released in 1907.
30 May 1896
Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.
02 January 1896
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
01 October 1896
Seen but not heard? Three children get up to mischief after their mother puts them to bed in this Victorian entertainment.
02 January 1900
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
02 January 1910
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
