Movies: Robert W Paul

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

Vesuvius erupts and people escape from a room as the ceiling falls....

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 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. A large wave rolls picturesquely along the wall toward the shore. Small...

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film....

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

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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 fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltzer bottle, then with fisticuffs. The combatants wr...

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

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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 who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay. He then storms ...

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

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 t...

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's....

An 1895 British short black and white silent comedy film featuring two drunken men and a boy squabbling in a small bar....

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