Movies

  • 1898
    Early Fashions on Brighton Pier

    Early Fashions on Brighton Pier

    Early Fashions on Brighton Pier

    51898HD

    George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

    Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
  • 1898
    Sloper's Visit to Brighton

    Sloper's Visit to Brighton

    Sloper's Visit to Brighton

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    Short comedy

    Sloper's Visit to Brighton
  • 1904
    An Affair of Honour

    An Affair of Honour

    An Affair of Honour

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    A comedy of faux Frenchmen who engage in a duel over some slight disagreement and who manage to shoot everyone but each other. Filmed by James...

    An Affair of Honour
  • 1902
    A Reservist Before and After the War

    A Reservist Before and After the War

    A Reservist Before and After the War

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    Short film about a man embarking on and returing from war. A print survives at the BFI.

    A Reservist Before and After the War
  • 1898
    The Clown Barber

    The Clown Barber

    The Clown Barber

    1.51898HD

    A clown cuts off a customer's head and replaces it.

    The Clown Barber
  • 1904
    An Interesting Story

    An Interesting Story

    An Interesting Story

    61904HD

    The adventures of an inattentive man who can't look away from his book.

    An Interesting Story
  • 1898
    Washing the Sweep

    Washing the Sweep

    Washing the Sweep

    6.31898HD

    Two washerwomen have an altercation with a chimney sweep

    Washing the Sweep
  • 1905
    The Polite Lunatic

    The Polite Lunatic

    The Polite Lunatic

    61905HD

    A workman flees from a lunatic who wishes to return a putty knife.

    The Polite Lunatic
  • 1901
    Are You There?

    Are You There?

    Are You There?

    6.11901HD

    A young man's telephone call to his sweetheart is intercepted by her father, who beats him with his umbrella.

    Are You There?
  • 1904
    The Old Chorister

    The Old Chorister

    The Old Chorister

    01904HD

    An aged villager, reminded of his boyhood days in the church choir by the sound of the bells, totters to the church door and begs the vicar to allow...

    The Old Chorister