Most Viewed From Williamson Kinematograph Company

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

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The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese...

Genre: Action

Cast: Mr. James

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sam Dalton

Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: 'Professor' Reddish

On the Yorkshire coast, a Victorian crew launch their lifeboat the old-fashioned way, with a horse-drawn slipway

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Directed by one of the pioneers of the cinematic industry, James Williamson, The History of a Butterfly - A Romance of Insect Life is an intriguing...

Genre: Documentary

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Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Comedy

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A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She...

Genre: Drama

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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...

Genre: Comedy

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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...

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A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Sam Dalton

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Williamson

As a man removes his clothes to bathe, more reappear on him.

Genre: Comedy

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Boys play pranks on people and are chased.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stuart Williamson

A mischievous errand boy, sent out on a delivery, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he arrives back at the shop, he finds all his furious...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Williamson

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

Genre: Comedy

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A village fire brigade puts out a fire.

Genre: Drama

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A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Comedy

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