James Williamson Movies

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...

Two washerwomen have an altercation with a chimney sweep

Boys blow peas at the cobbler, who throws a boot and hits a woman.

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

Short comedy

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...

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