Robert W Paul Movies

  • 1899
    Bombardment of Mafeking

    Bombardment of Mafeking

    Bombardment of Mafeking

    3.51899HD

    Soldiers play cards and jeer as shells burst around them.

    Bombardment of Mafeking
  • 1906
    The '?' Motorist

    The '?' Motorist

    The '?' Motorist

    6.4661906HD

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

    The '?' Motorist
  • 1895
    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    2.71895HD

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

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage
  • 1904
    Buy Your Own Cherries

    Buy Your Own Cherries

    Buy Your Own Cherries

    4.61904HD

    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...

    Buy Your Own Cherries
  • 1897
    Fun on the Clothesline

    Fun on the Clothesline

    Fun on the Clothesline

    31897HD

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

    Fun on the Clothesline
  • 1899
    The Miser's Doom

    The Miser's Doom

    The Miser's Doom

    41899HD

    A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.

    The Miser's Doom
  • 1895
    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    The Arrest of a Bookmaker

    4.11895HD

    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 Arrest of a Bookmaker
  • 1903
    An Extraordinary Cab Accident

    An Extraordinary Cab Accident

    An Extraordinary Cab Accident

    5.71903HD

    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 Extraordinary Cab Accident
  • 1895
    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

    41895HD

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

    Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • 1901
    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    6.51901HD

    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 Waif and the Wizard
  • 1899
    Attack on a Piquet

    Attack on a Piquet

    Attack on a Piquet

    4.51899HD

    Attack on a Piquet
  • 1901
    An Over-Incubated Baby

    An Over-Incubated Baby

    An Over-Incubated Baby

    4.91901HD

    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...

    An Over-Incubated Baby
  • 1908
    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore

    61908HD

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

    Whaling Afloat and Ashore
  • 1900
    Army Life: Mounted Infantry

    Army Life: Mounted Infantry

    Army Life: Mounted Infantry

    4.1671900HD

    Army Life: Mounted Infantry
  • 1895
    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    Opening of the Kiel Canal

    31895HD

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

    Opening of the Kiel Canal
  • 1903
    The Kiddies' Cakewalk

    The Kiddies' Cakewalk

    The Kiddies' Cakewalk

    51903HD

    The Kiddies' Cakewalk
  • 1901
    The Devil in the Studio

    The Devil in the Studio

    The Devil in the Studio

    01901HD

    Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

    The Devil in the Studio
  • 1896
    Rough Sea at Dover

    Rough Sea at Dover

    Rough Sea at Dover

    5.11896HD

    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...

    Rough Sea at Dover
  • 1898
    Tetherball, or Do-Do

    Tetherball, or Do-Do

    Tetherball, or Do-Do

    4.21898HD

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

    Tetherball, or Do-Do
  • 1900
    Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts

    Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts

    Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts

    41900HD

    Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts