George Albert Smith Movies

Lovers are comically interrupted

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...

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

A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...

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

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

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

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

Kinemacolor

Warwick. Railway actuality footage

Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

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

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...

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

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

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

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

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