Robert W Paul Filmes

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 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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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