Robert W. Paul Movies

Silent documentary short

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

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

A playful variation on A Soldier's Courtship, producer Robert W. Paul's smash hit from the previous year, this film spies on a young man trying to...

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

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

Documentary snippets from the lives of miners.

Clog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.

A train snaking around Chamonix, Switzerland, with a steep Alpine slope inches away from the tracks.

This attractively composed one-shot film offers viewers an uncomplicated view of waves crashing against rocks.

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

A soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited India from November 1905 to March 19, 1906.