George Albert Smith Movies

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

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

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

London street scenes, showing varieties of horse-drawn traffic. Views of Parliament Square, Charing Cross, Pall Mall, the Royal Exchange and others.

A bracing fight scene

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.

Lovers are comically interrupted

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...

A cab is hailed in front of a palatial mansion by a gentleman who wishes a score of people driven to another part of the city. A clown jumps out and...

Girl gives spoonful of milk to kitten. (Cut-in close-up) [The British Film Catalogue]

An actuality of the Brock's fireworks factory to celebrate its 40th anniversary organizes. The final shot has two flaming portraits of King Edward...

The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.

Man pulls out bad tooth, which is then shown in closeup.

A woman is shown various wallpaper samples, in a short displaying the Kinemacolour process

A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...

It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing. This disarmingly simple film...

Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then,...

Compilation of 7 short scenes: ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’; ‘Old Mother Hubbard’; ‘Little Miss Muffet’;...

A display of flower bouquets, rotating to show the Kinemacolour process.

Warwick. Railway actuality footage