George Albert Smith Movies

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

A bracing fight scene

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

Warwick. Railway actuality footage

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

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

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...

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

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

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

An adaptation of the folk tale.

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.

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

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...

Well did you ever? Two women share juicy stories, and enjoyably shocked reaction, over tea.

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

Master kisses maid behind a blanket on the clothes line and is seen by his wife.

A view taken from Brighton beach on the Channel coast of the transit of Magnus Volk’s amazing seagoing electric railway, long celebrated as one...