Movies: Birt Acres

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at least 100 feet into the water. A large wave rolls picturesquely along the wall toward the shore. Small...

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895....

A thirty-second long stop-motion animated piece intended to encourage the audience to send matches to British troops fighting the Boer War....

Incident at Clovelly Cottage, also known as Incident Outside Clovelly Cottage, Barnet, shot by Birt Acres and produced by Acres and his collaborator Robert W. Paul in March 1895, was the "first successful motion picture film made in Britain" Conside...

The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul’s peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a young boy boxing with a kangaroo. The film was considered...

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