Landing at Low Tide is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a falling into the water as she is helped from a small boat. The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.
Directed byBirt Acres OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDocumentary Rating46% Three fishing boats are seen leaving the harbour at Great Yarmouth. Only the tail end of the first is seen as it leaves the harbour to the right. The second (named "Thrive" and registered as YH 120) is pulled by a steam paddle tugboat. A third fishing boat (named "I Will" and registered as YH 723) sails off-screen to the right.
Directed byBirt Acres, Robert W. Paul OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDocumentary ThemesDocumentary films about nature Rating52% Une mer forte lance de puissantes lames à l’assaut de la digue de Douvres. Le film, prévu pour être visionné individuellement sur les kinétoscopes contrefaits, est enregistré certainement entre 30 et 40 images par seconde, ce qui, par la suite avec les appareils de projection qui tournent à l'époque à 16 images par seconde, donne un rendu impressionnant, dû au ralenti .
Directed byBirt Acres OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDocumentary Rating39% The film opens with a shot of the North Sea Canal with a winged statue on the far side. Three men row towards the shore in a small rowing boat while a small boy waits on the quayside and then turns to face the camera.
Directed byBirt Acres OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDocumentary ThemesFilms about animals, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about horses, Horse sports in film Rating47% A stationary camera looks diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield showing the horses as they pass. Once the horses have passed the camera it is clear that the race has come to an end and there is a close finish between three horses. Once the race is over police officers run onto the field. The camera also displays various members of the audience moving around.