George Albert Smith Movies

A male and female clown drink, smoke, and flirt in this early Kinemacolor short.

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

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

A bracing fight scene

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

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...

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

Early story film about a girl's dreams

A conversation between two gents perks up when the see a picture in a magazine. A 'facial' comedy by GA Smith.

Consisting of a single shot, Spiders on a Web is one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography. Made by one of the...

Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new...

An adaptation of the folk tale.

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

View of the Grand Canal in Venice from a boat believed to have been made in either 1901 or 1904 and as part of the series "Through Italy with the...

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...

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

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

Lovers are comically interrupted

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp