Robert W Paul Movies

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

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

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

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...

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....

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 tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' caricaturist performing his act for the camera and producing...

Soldiers play cards and jeer as shells burst around them.

A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

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

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

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

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

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

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....

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