Movies

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

Robert W. Paul production, "The Vanishing Lady", 1897. A magician sits a lady under a rug and makes her disapppear, before she reappearing in a...

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

Short documentary released in 1907.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then...

Husband comes home late and wakes the wife. Based on a popular stage play.

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...

Seen but not heard? Three children get up to mischief after their mother puts them to bed in this Victorian entertainment. This was one of numerous...

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

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

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