Mest set Fra Robert W. Paul

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...

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

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....

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

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...

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

Soldiers play cards and jeer as shells burst around them.

Japanese pose as coolies, blow up a train, are caught and shot.