Films produced by Charles Urban Trading Company

It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.

A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a...

Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance. The hand then crumples up the paper...

A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street...

1. Panoramic View from the Acropolis. A fine view of modern Athens. 2. Mar's Hill. Probable site of St. Paul preaching to the Athenians. 3. A View of...

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

Punished for mistreating the family pets, a young boy uses his chemistry set to wreak revenge on his parents.

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A lady uses a series of newspaper spreads to create various objects including a man, a clock and a dog.

The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.