Robert W. Paul Movie Trailers
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Trilby Burlesque Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost Trailer (1901)
01 November 1901
Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R.
Landing at Low Tide Trailer (1896)
01 June 1896
Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.
The '?' Motorist Trailer (1906)
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus Trailer (1899)
13 September 1899
Taken from a motor cab running at full speed along Piccadilly and through the Circus, narrowly escaps
Briton vs. Boer Trailer (1900)
01 July 1900
Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.
Two AM; or, The Husband's Return Trailer (1896)
01 August 1896
Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.
Blackfriars Bridge Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.
London Street Scene / Turn Out of a Fire Brigade Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre on the Strand, advertising its latest show 'My Girl'.
Plucked From The Burning Trailer (1900)
10 October 1900
Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.
Cupid at the Washtub Trailer (1897)
01 September 1897
A playful variation on A Soldier's Courtship, producer Robert W. Paul's smash hit from the previous year, this film spies on a young man trying to tease a kiss from a young girl doing the washing at a tub.
The Fatal Hand Trailer (1907)
18 April 1907
There's a killer on the loose in Muswell Hill. Escaped from an asylum, he can be identified by the missing forefinger on his left hand.
Sunderland Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
A Lively Quarter Day Trailer (1906)
11 March 1906
A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.
The Waif and the Wizard Trailer (1901)
01 September 1901
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth).
The Kaiser at Portsmouth Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
Short actuality showing Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Portsmouth, including views associated with Nelson’s flagship H.
Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales Trailer (1906)
01 January 1906
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited India from November 1905 to March 19, 1906.
Rough Sea at Dover Trailer (1896)
14 January 1896
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 least 100 feet into the water.
Fun on the Clothesline Trailer (1897)
22 September 1897
A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W.
The Haunted Curiosity Shop Trailer (1901)
01 August 1901
An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.
A Sea Cave Near Lisbon Trailer (1896)
29 October 1896
The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from above almost in a vertical plunge onto the deep, rocky ground.
The Countryman and the Cinematograph Trailer (1901)
01 October 1901
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 unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.
His Only Pair Trailer (1902)
10 July 1902
Old woman sews patch on grandson’s trousers while friends jeer.
Fire Brigade Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed n
Short-Sighted Sammy Trailer (1905)
20 October 1905
Man robbed of spectacles mistakes tramp for girl, etc.
A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne Trailer (1896)
01 October 1896
A Football Match at Newcastle-on-Tyne refers to a one-minute film recorded in October 1896 by English film pioneer Robert William Paul.
His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision Trailer (1900)
01 July 1900
A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II Trailer (1895)
20 June 1895
A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing a large profile caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Come Along, Do! Trailer (1898)
01 January 1898
Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul.
A Railway Collision Trailer (1900)
01 March 1900
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 speed.
The Trick Cyclist Trailer (1901)
21 September 1901
A comic short in which a tramp attempts to ride a bicycle, tumbling repeatedly before giving up in despair.
Phantom Ride, Chamonix Trailer (1900)
02 January 1900
A train snaking around Chamonix, Switzerland, with a steep Alpine slope inches away from the tracks.
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War Trailer (1899)
02 January 1899
A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War.