Warwick Trading Company Movies
- 1901
Visit to Pompeii
Visit to Pompeii61901HD
George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take a series of views of Italy for the Warwick Trading Company,...
- 1899
Troops Passing Over Modder River by Train
Troops Passing Over Modder River by Train51899HD
A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end, passes over a temporary bridge erected over the Modder river; Seaforth Highlanders are riding...
- 1899
First Northumberland Fusiliers Digging Entrenchments
First Northumberland Fusiliers Digging Entrenchments51899HD
The Passing of the Armoured Train - A large group of British soldiers are seen digging entrenchment's under the supervision of officers. A brief secon...
- 1900
The Rival Clothiers
The Rival Clothiers01900HD
An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.
- 1900
Sanger Circus Passing Through Inverness
Sanger Circus Passing Through Inverness01900HD
The parade of carriages, costumed riders, and exotic animals passing over the bridge at Inverness, Scotland, has attracted a crowd, despite the rain.
- 1899
Review of Lord George Sanger's Circus by the Queen
Review of Lord George Sanger's Circus by the Queen01899HD
Several scenes of Sanger’s Circus parading through Windsor Great Park after meeting Queen Victoria on the terrace at Windsor Castle. This scene is mis...
- 1899
Dalmeny to Dunfermline, Scotland Via the Firth of Forth Bridge
Dalmeny to Dunfermline, Scotland Via the Firth of Forth Bridge01899HD
A beautiful phantom ride across the Firth of Forth from Dalmeny near Edinburgh to Dunfermline, crossing the famous Forth Bridge, then less than a deca...
- 1900
A War Balloon and Transport Crossing the Vaal River
A War Balloon and Transport Crossing the Vaal River01900HD
Shot just a few days after the relief of Mafeking, this film captures the progress of British military personnel across the Vaal River in South Africa...
- 1904
The Kiddies and the Rabbits
The Kiddies and the Rabbits01904HD
Kids playing with rabbits.
- 1899
Major Wilson’s Last Stand
Major Wilson’s Last Stand01899HD
A film adapted from the play Savage South Africa which depicts scenes from the first and second Matabele War.
- 1904
Japanese Funeral
Japanese Funeral01904HD
Early 20th century film footage of Japan.
- 1901
Japanese Schoolchildren
Japanese Schoolchildren01901HD
Film produced by the Warwick Trading Company.
- 1898
Ship at Sea
Ship at Sea01898HD
The power of moving photography is exploited in this early film, not to dazzle audiences' eyes but to turn their stomachs. The camera is mounted on th...
- 1912
King George V's Durbar
King George V's Durbar01912HD
Film of George V's Delhi Durbar, the first attended by a British sovereign. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".
- 1900
Surrender of Kroonstad to Lord Roberts
Surrender of Kroonstad to Lord Roberts01900HD
Cavalry cross the river in enormous number. Occasionally a horse stops to take a drink, and then walks on.
- 1903
Weary Willie and Tired Tim: The Gunpowder Plot
Weary Willie and Tired Tim: The Gunpowder Plot01903HD
Tramps stick a hot poker in a barrel labelled beer but containing gunpowder.
- 1903
Life of an English Fireman
Life of an English Fireman01903HD
Firemen are awakened by an alarm, drive through London and rescue fire victims.
- 1905
Siege and Surrender of Port Arthur
Siege and Surrender of Port Arthur01905HD
British documentary short released in 1905.