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Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
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19 November 2018
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.
30 January 1912
A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a dog, she lets clowns appear; one female, and two male.
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 November 1901
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome.
11 March 1911
A robot chauffeur takes a newly married couple on their honeymoon to the planet Saturn and then on a trip under the sea.
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.
05 March 1903
Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his favorite pugilist from his pocket, and they set them on the table.
02 February 1911
Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into faces.
01 September 1899
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
01 September 1899
A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.
01 November 1910
A man's invention brings waxworks of historical figures to life
01 October 1901
An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman.
01 October 1909
An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.
01 November 1901
Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R.
04 June 1907
A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.
12 April 1907
The artist is presented, with his board: his only appearance. The hand rapidly outlines a human head, into the chalky jaws of which it inserts a cigarette.
01 August 1901
Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel.
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.
01 August 1901
An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator.
31 August 1911
Anarchists build a super aircraft and bomb a railway, a fort and St. Paul's.
30 June 1900
Vesuvius erupts and people escape from a room as the ceiling falls.
01 November 1910
Using a futuristic submarine, pirates kidnap a young couple, torpedo a passenger ship, travel under the sea to salvage bullion, then make their escape by taking to the air.
20 October 1907
A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form.
10 October 1900
Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.
02 February 1912
"Magic" film using the art of animation and stop motion to do a surreal experiment with paper.
01 September 1907
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
11 March 1906
A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.
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).
18 October 1907
Punished for mistreating the family pets, a young boy uses his chemistry set to wreak revenge on his parents.
01 August 1901
An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.
01 August 1901
Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.
27 April 1906
Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance.
20 March 1907
A statue of Hope revives and finds a home for a waif.
21 October 1907
The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make films in his own London garden.
30 November 1909
It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive.
01 August 1901
A jovial looking man is seated nearest the window of a restaurant. He has just finished his meal and the waiter brings a glass of beer, and when he places the glass upon the table, lo, a little sailor boy about six inches high appears from the foam, and climbing down the side of the glass, proceeds to dance a sailor's hornpipe on the table.
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.
14 April 1907
A lady uses a series of newspaper spreads to create various objects including a man, a clock and a dog.
01 January 1903
Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in 'standard Edison gauge' (35mm) at a total length of 620ft, which included both ascent and descent.
01 January 1903
Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in 'standard Edison gauge' (35mm) at a total length of 620ft, which included both ascent and descent.
24 October 1907
A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.
