A police stands in front of a moving auto. It strikes him and he shatters. After he reassembles himself, a senior officer shows him the correct technique.
Cecil Hepworth was the most durable of the first British film producers, surviving into the 1920s, although his productions didn't keep up with the times. This effort, directed by Percy Stow, shows the typical disdain for new-fangled gizmos and social trends that most British producers cultivated at this time. The British producers strove for a middle-class respectability. However, the sheer silliness of the handling of this trick-photography comedy and its short length make it watchable more than a century later.
Cecil Hepworth was the most durable of the first British film producers, surviving into the 1920s, although his productions didn't keep up with the times. This effort, directed by Percy Stow, shows the typical disdain for new-fangled gizmos and social trends that most British producers cultivated at this time. The British producers strove for a middle-class respectability. However, the sheer silliness of the handling of this trick-photography comedy and its short length make it watchable more than a century later.
