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British films: Pre 1920

 
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Cinema of the
United Kingdom
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List of British films
1888-1919
1910s
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

List of British films from 1888 to 1919:

Contents

1888-1899

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1888
Roundhay Garden Scene Louis Le Prince Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley Live action The earliest surviving film
1889
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1890
Trafalgar Square traffic Wordsworth Donisthorpe Live action 10 frames only, believed never shown publicly
1891
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1892
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1893
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1894
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1895
The Clown Barber James Williamson Comedy
The Derby Birt Acres Documentary A silent film of that year's Derby
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Opening of the Kiel Canal Birt Acres Documentary
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Birt Acres Documentary A silent film of that year's race
Rough Sea at Dover Birt Acres, Robert W. Paul Documentary
1896
Barnet Horse Fair Robert W. Paul Documentary
The Boxing Kangaroo Birt Acres Documentary
Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest Birt Acres Documentary
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1897
Weary Willie
Tipsy-Topsy-Turvy
The Sign Writer
Nursing the Baby
Making Sausages
The Maid in the Garden
The Haunted Castle
Hanging Out the Clothes
Gymnastics - Indian Club Performer
Comic Shaving
Comic Face aka Man Drinking (UK)
Children Paddling at the Seaside
The X-Ray Fiend
1898
Waves and Spray
The Runaway Knock
A Practical Joke
The Policeman, the Cook and the Copper
Photographing a Ghost
The Miller and the Sweep
The Mesmerist
The Lady Barber
Faust and Mephistopheles
The Corsican Brothers
Cinderella
Animated Clown Portrait
Ally Sloper
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1899
The Visit of Santa Claus
The Legacy
The Kiss in the Tunnel
A Good Joke
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
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1900s

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1900
As Seen Through a Telescope George Albert Smith Short
Grandma's Reading Glass George Albert Smith none Drama One minute film
1901
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1902
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1903
Alice in Wonderland Cecil Hepworth May Clark Fantasy Short 8 minutes long
1904
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1905
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1906
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1907
Ben Hur Sidney Olcott Herman Rottger, William S. Hart Historical 15 minutes long
The Sleigh Belle Sidney Olcott
The Pony Express Sidney Olcott
1908
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1909
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1910s

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1910
The Blue Bird Unknown Pauline Gilmer, Olive Walter Comedy
1911
Aerial Anarchists Walter Booth Science fiction
A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization Cherry Kearton Drama
Princess Clementina William G.B. Barker H.B. Irving, Alice Young, Dorothea Baird Adventure
1912
With Our King and Queen Through India Documentary
1913
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1914
She Stoops to Conquer George Loane Tucker Henry Ainley, Jane Gail Comedy Based on the play by Oliver Goldsmith
A Study in Scarlet George Pearson James Bragington, Fred Paul First film to feature Sherlock Holmes
1915
Fight for the Dardanelles Percy F. Smith World War I documentary
1916
Beau Brocade Thomas Bentley Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock Adventure/Drama Based on a novel by Baroness Orczy
The Battle of the Somme Geoffrey Malins, John McDowell World War I Documentary/Propaganda
1917
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1918
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1919
The First Men in the Moon Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher Sci Fi/Fantasy

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