From Robert W. Paul Studios

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces....

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...

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...

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

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...

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

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...

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator...

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

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...

The festive start and disastrous aftermath of the launch of the H.M.S. Albion.

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...

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. Man in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to...

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...