Mitchell & Kenyon

A ropey pitch and worse goalkeeping in a typical non-league football derby in Edwardian Yorkshire.

A delightful day out on the water as Edwardian rowers mess about on the River Hull.

These short scenes were filmed in January 1902 in and around Wexford's Bull Ring market, capturing an array of local characters, including a cheery fishwife. Children and members of the Royal Irish Constabulary mingle with the traders and customers. The Mayor of Wexford, in his official regalia, appears with his daughters. The films were later shown at the Theatre Royal, Wexford. This film was shot during a two-day visit to the South East Ireland town by Mitchell and Kenyon cameraman Louis De Clercq. The man in the pale hat seen walking arm-in-arm with another man towards the camera may be Hugh McCarthy, manager of Wexford's White Hotel. The same man reappears later, alongside the mayor and his daughters.

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

Kidnapping by Indians is a 1899 British silent short Western film, made by the Mitchell and Kenyon film company, shot in Blackburn, England. It is believed to be the first Western film, pre-dating Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery by four years.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

These evocative scenes of Edwardian Dublin include views of the old houses of parliament (later home to the Bank of Ireland), and the gates of Trinity College. By 1902 the city's tram system was already electrified and this film shows a busy urban Dublin. The once-famous statue of 'King Billy' (William of Orange) on horseback can also be seen; it was later damaged by republicans and removed.

Turn of the century rugby league.

Bustling scenes show Edwardian Derry-Londonderry before industrialisation took hold.

A beautiful shot of a locomotive billowing smoke begins this very evocative film. As the train pulls in to the terminus the camera is positioned behind the ticket barrier to record smartly-dressed passengers disembarking along the length of the platform. A carriage seen at the end carries advertising for the White's Hotel, where Belgian-born cameraman Louis de Clercq stayed during his visit.

Did he bowl or did he throw? A fascinating record of an early cricketing controversy.

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.

The pedestrians are either engrossed by the camera or dodging traffic in this busy thoroughfare in Cork. St Patrick Street buzzes with electric trams, introduced to the city in 1898. From another viewpoint in Grand Parade the camera captures an array of vehicles and activities, including street sweepers, bicycles, a steam roller and an eye-catching strand-off between a donkey and a tram.

The annual championship meeting of England's premier athletics association.

A lively crowd surround the camera filming a tram leaving Wigan Market Place.

Bradford City's first ever home league game after switching from rugby league football to association football in 1903.

Believed to be the first film that features Manchester United in their first season as 'Manchester United', rather than 'Newton Heath' as they were known at the time.

Crowds enjoying the spectacle at Birmingham Athletics Club.