James Williamson Movies

Short film about a man embarking on and returing from war. A print survives at the BFI.

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

A village fire brigade puts out a fire.

A comedy of faux Frenchmen who engage in a duel over some slight disagreement and who manage to shoot everyone but each other. Filmed by James...

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...

The film starts with a lovely long shot of the Artist at work in a dappled glade, where he first meets the Miner's Daughter. The Artist asks the...

An impressive eight-some performs some Victorian gymnastics for the camera

Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896. At a fair...

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

Short comedy