Most Viewed From Williamson Kinematograph Company

The adventures of an inattentive man who can't look away from his book.

A conjurer vanishes animals then vanishes himself.

A workman flees from a lunatic who wishes to return a putty knife.

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

A clown cuts off a customer's head and replaces it.

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

A village fire brigade puts out a fire.

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

A boy helps a convict to escape after meeting him at his mother's graveyard. The convict gets rich in Australia and when he returns is arrested again...

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She...

The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese...

A two-wheeled convoy of Victorian gentlewomen in a charming early film enigma.

A young man's telephone call to his sweetheart is intercepted by her father, who beats him with his umbrella.

Boys play pranks on people and are chased.

A mischievous errand boy, sent out on a delivery, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he arrives back at the shop, he finds all his furious...

Directed by one of the pioneers of the cinematic industry, James Williamson, The History of a Butterfly - A Romance of Insect Life is an intriguing...

Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.

An aged villager, reminded of his boyhood days in the church choir by the sound of the bells, totters to the church door and begs the vicar to allow...