George Albert Smith Movies
- 1897
The X-Ray Fiend
The X-Ray Fiend5.51897HD
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...
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- 1901
Visit to Pompeii
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George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take a series of views of Italy for the Warwick Trading...
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- 1900
Spiders on a Web
Spiders on a Web41900HD
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...
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- 1902
At Last! That Awful Tooth
At Last! That Awful Tooth01902HD
Man pulls out bad tooth, which is then shown in closeup.
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- 1897
Comic Shaving
Comic Shaving3.31897HD
A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.
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- 1904
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace6.61904HD
An actuality of the Brock's fireworks factory to celebrate its 40th anniversary organizes. The final shot has two flaming portraits of King Edward...
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- 1900
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
A Quick Shave and Brush Up4.21900HD
A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.
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- 1904
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines01904HD
It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts...
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- 1899
The Kiss in the Tunnel
The Kiss in the Tunnel5.81899HD
Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...
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- 1898
Photographing a Ghost
Photographing a Ghost31898HD
Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.
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- 1903
Dorothy's Dream
Dorothy's Dream41903HD
Early story film about a girl's dreams
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- 1897
The Sign Writer
The Sign Writer11897HD
Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.
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- 2023
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-190902023HD
A collection of early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Films include: Brighton Seagoing Electric Car (1897), The Inexhaustible Cab...
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- 1901
The Death of Poor Joe
The Death of Poor Joe3.71901HD
A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.
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- 1897
Hanging Out the Clothes
Hanging Out the Clothes31897HD
Lovers are comically interrupted
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- 1899
The Inexhaustible Cab
The Inexhaustible Cab3.31899HD
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...
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- 1906
Tartans of Scottish Clans
Tartans of Scottish Clans4.31906HD
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...
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- 1897
Train Entering Hove Station
Train Entering Hove Station51897HD
Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith...
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- 1908
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs3.71908HD
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new...
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