Charles Urban Trading Company Movies

  • 1909
    The Airship Destroyer

    The Airship Destroyer

    The Airship Destroyer

    5.7831909HD

    An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.

    The Airship Destroyer
  • 1904
    Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace

    Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace

    Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace

    6.5561904HD

    An actuality of the Brock's fireworks factory to celebrate its 40th anniversary organizes. The final shot has two flaming portraits of King Edward...

    Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
  • 1907
    When the Devil Drives

    When the Devil Drives

    When the Devil Drives

    01907HD

    The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make...

    When the Devil Drives
  • 1907
    Willie's Magic Wand

    Willie's Magic Wand

    Willie's Magic Wand

    5.31907HD

    A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.

    Willie's Magic Wand
  • 1907
    The Waif and the Statue

    The Waif and the Statue

    The Waif and the Statue

    01907HD

    A statue of Hope revives and finds a home for a waif.

    The Waif and the Statue
  • 1911
    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    51911HD

    With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turbans set up a wooden gangway. Thanks to a rope and...

    Banks of the Nile
  • 1906
    The Hand of the Artist

    The Hand of the Artist

    The Hand of the Artist

    4.51906HD

    Animated film featuring the hand of Walter R. Booth drawing a coster and his donah who come to life and dance. The hand then crumples up the paper...

    The Hand of the Artist
  • 1901
    Cervino 1901

    Cervino 1901

    Cervino 1901

    101901HD

    In 1953, in an old cabinet of a former photographer from Zermatt, a first mountaineering film was found. It was a silent film from the first era...

    Cervino 1901
  • 1907
    A Juvenile Scientist

    A Juvenile Scientist

    A Juvenile Scientist

    01907HD

    Punished for mistreating the family pets, a young boy uses his chemistry set to wreak revenge on his parents.

    A Juvenile Scientist
  • 1903
    The Cheese Mites

    The Cheese Mites

    The Cheese Mites

    4.71903HD

    A gentleman is here shown partaking of a little lunch of bread and cheese, and occasionally is seen to glance at his morning paper through a reading...

    The Cheese Mites
  • 1912
    The Jester's Joke

    The Jester's Joke

    The Jester's Joke

    6.51912HD

    A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a...

    The Jester's Joke
  • 1907
    Diabolo Nightmare

    Diabolo Nightmare

    Diabolo Nightmare

    4.51907HD

    A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.

    Diabolo Nightmare
  • 1912
    A Canine Sherlock Holmes

    A Canine Sherlock Holmes

    A Canine Sherlock Holmes

    6.21912HD

    A dog leads a detective to a robber's hideout and fetches the police.

    A Canine Sherlock Holmes
  • 1906
    The Arlberg Railway

    The Arlberg Railway

    The Arlberg Railway

    101906HD

    In 1906, the Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Bludenz, is the only east-west mountain railway in Austria. This...

    The Arlberg Railway
  • 1909
    Animated Cotton

    Animated Cotton

    Animated Cotton

    41909HD

    It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

    Animated Cotton
  • 1910
    Entstehungsgeschichte der Fliege und ihre Gefahr für die Menschen

    Entstehungsgeschichte der Fliege und ihre Gefahr für die Menschen

    Entstehungsgeschichte der Fliege und ihre Gefahr für die Menschen

    01910HD

    Entstehungsgeschichte der Fliege und ihre Gefahr für die Menschen
  • 1907
    Torpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought

    Torpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought

    Torpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought

    01907HD

    This fragment comprises just over half of the original film and features a parade of partially-submerged submarines and destroyers launching...

    Torpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought
  • 1904
    Living London

    Living London

    Living London

    01904HD

    An one of the two suriving sections of Urban's original nine-part, 2,500-ft documentary, an exceptionally observant view of London life.

    Living London
  • 1904
    Execution of Li-Tang the Chunchus Chief of the Manchurian Bandits

    Execution of Li-Tang the Chunchus Chief of the Manchurian Bandits

    Execution of Li-Tang the Chunchus Chief of the Manchurian Bandits

    01904HD

    Newsreel footage of an execution by beheading of Li-Tang, the Chinches chief of a band of Manchurian bandits. Shot during the Russo Japanese war by...

    Execution of Li-Tang the Chunchus Chief of the Manchurian Bandits
  • 1907
    Naval Attack on Portsmouth

    Naval Attack on Portsmouth

    Naval Attack on Portsmouth

    01907HD

    A battle between two forces takes place. There's no information on this 4-minute film aside from the fact that it was available from Charles Urban's...

    Naval Attack on Portsmouth