Mitchell Kenyon Movies

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...

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

Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

Turn of the century rugby league.

All the fun of the Whitsuntide Fair in Edwardian Preston.

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

One long traveling shot through a sea front lined with tourists, workers, and sundry others.

An Edwardian football match at Newcastle's St James' Park ground.

Crowds enjoying the spectacle at Birmingham Athletics Club.

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

Batley go down to Lancashire rivals Salford in the very first season of the Northern Rugby League.

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