R.W. Paul - The Collected Films 1895-1908

Alternative title: R.W. Paul - The Complete Surviving Films 1895-1908
Synopsis: Robert W Paul is justly celebrated as the leading pioneer of British film and one of the founders of world cinema. This collection of 62 films brings together for the first time the collected output of R W Paul and his studio. Concentrating first on actuality films, he soon branched out, pioneering almost every kind of film from documentary to fiction and fantasy. In addition to popular comedies, dramas, and elaborate trick films, this collection contains one of only two surviving films of the disaster caused by the launch of HMS Albion; some of the first films shot in Spain, Portugal, Egypt and Sweden, including frontline reporting from the Anglo-Boer War; Paul’s famous record of the 1896 Derby and extensive coverage of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession. These, and the numerous actuality films that Paul made, show day-to-day life in Victorian London.

These rare films are presented with a brand new musical accompaniment by pianist Stephen Horne.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 1895-1908
Subjects: History; Film Studies
Keywords: history of cinema; silent films; archive films

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