Robert W. Paul Movies

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

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.

A wife dismisses a maid she hired when she finds her husband flirting with her. Allegedly the first film to ever use intertitles.

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...

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.

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

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

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.

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...

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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