Movies: Paul S Animatograph Works

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was released in November 1901. As was common in cinema'...

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...

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

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost....

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back down on a parallel track....

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

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

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Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make their way back on the running track....

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London....

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a "little worse for wear." After stretching and yawning, he proceeds to disrobe. He throws off his coa...

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate....

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