| Description |
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
5035673006429 |
| Publ No |
BDIVD642 British Film Institute |
| Note |
Originally produced as a series of films from 1895-1908. |
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Program notes on container insert include an essay, "Robert Paul: Time Traveller" by film curator Ian Christie; synopsis for each film; historical and music notes. |
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Special features: optional audio commentary by film curator Ian Christie; optional musical soundtrack by Stephen Horne. |
| Contents |
Rough sea at dover (1895) -- Footpads (1895) -- The derby (1895) -- Hyde Park bicycling scene (1895) -- Scene on the river Thames, showing the rescue of a child from drowning (1895) -- Royal train (1895) -- Comic costume race (1896) -- The twins' tea party (1896) -- Blackfriars Bridge (1896) -- Westminster Bridge (1896) -- A sea cave near Lisbon (1896) -- Andalusian race (1896) -- Chirgwin the white-eyed Kaffir (1896) -- 2 a.m., or the husband's return (1896) -- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897) -- Women fetching water from the Nile (1897) -- Fishermen and boat at Port Said (1897) -- Cupid at the wash tub (1897) -- A wayfarer compelled to disrobe partially (1897) -- The launch of the H.M.S. Albion (1898) -- A switchback railway (1898) -- The Sirdar's reception at Guildhall (1898) -- A favourite domestic scene (1898) -- Tommy Atkins in the park (1898) -- Come along, do! (1898) -- Reproduction of incidents of the Boer War (1899) -- Upside down, or the human flies (1899) -- Army life: mounted infantry (1900) -- Tetherball, or Do-do (1900) -- Cronje's surrender to Lord Roberts (1900) -- Entry of the Scots' Guards into Bloemfontein (1900) -- An exciting pillow fight (1900) -- A railway collision (1900) -- His brave defender (1900) -- The cheese mites, or Liliputians in a London restaurant (1901) -- The over-incubated baby (1900) -- The countryman's first sight of the animated pictures (1901) -- Undressing extraordinary (1901) -- The waif and the wizard (1901) -- Artistic creation (1901) -- The Deonzo brothers in their wonderful jumping act (1901) -- The haunted curiosity shop (1901) -- The magic sword (1901) -- Scrooge, or Marley's ghost (1901) -- His only pair (1902) -- The extraordinary waiter (1902) -- Coronation Durbar at Delhi (1903) -- The Delhi Durbar (1903) -- Hammerfest (1903) -- Kiddies cakewalk (1903) -- A chess dispute (1903) -- An extraordinary cab accident (1903) -- Buy your own cherries (1904) -- Drat that boy (1904) -- Mr. Pecksniff fetches the doctor (1904) -- The unfortunate policeman (1905) -- Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales (1906) -- Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary celebrations (1906) -- A lively quarter-day (1906) -- Is spiritualism a fraud? (1906) -- The "?" motorist (1908) -- Whaling afloat and ashore (1908). |
| Credits |
Musical accompaniment, Stephen Horne. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Ian Christie. |
| Summary |
This video contains 62 films of R.W. Paul, a leading pioneer of early filmmaking and British films. It represents an attempt to bring together for the first time the collected output of R.W. Paul and his studio. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 2; ration: 1.33:1. |
| Note |
Silent, with optional commentary In English. |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Series |
Early British studios.
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| Library Class |
Theatre KP292
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| Subject |
Paul, R. W. (Robert W.), 1869-1943.
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Documentary films.
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Fantasy films.
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| Other Author |
Paul, R. W. (Robert W.), 1869-1943, director.
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Christie, Ian, 1945- narrator.
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Millar, Caroline, producer.
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Horne, Stephen, musician.
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British Film Institute, issuing body.
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| Alt Title |
RW Paul : the collected films, 1895-1908
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Collected films, 1895-1908
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