George Albert Smith Movies

Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what...

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

An adaptation of the folk tale.

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

Early story film about a girl's dreams

A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...

A male and female clown drink, smoke, and flirt in this early Kinemacolor short.

A conversation between two gents perks up when the see a picture in a magazine. A 'facial' comedy by GA Smith.

A bracing fight scene

An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that focuses on the ankle of a...