12 films in catalog

Birt Acres

12 films

Director (12) Producer (3)
Incident at Clovelly Cottage 1895

Incident at Clovelly Cottage

Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, sho…

Opening of the Kiel Canal 1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal

Opening of the Kiel Canal (also known as Inauguration of the Kiel Canal by Kaiser Wilhelm…

Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs 1895

Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs

Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent docu…

The Arrest of a Pickpocket 1895

The Arrest of a Pickpocket

The Arrest of a Pickpocket is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent crime film, pro…

The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops 1895

The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops

Directed by Birt Acres.

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II 1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II

A tiny fragment of an actuality film of Tom Merry (William Mechem), a 'lightning sketch' c…

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1895

Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy

An 1895 British short black and white silent comedy film featuring two drunken men and a b…

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1896

Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest

Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, i…

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1896

Landing at Low Tide

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.

Persimmons Winning the Derby 1896

Persimmons Winning the Derby

Persimmon winning the 1896 Epsom Derby. Not to be confused with 'The Derby 1985' from the…

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1896

The Boxing Kangaroo

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, prod…

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1896

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour

Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent doc…