The Arrest of a Pickpocket (1895)

The Arrest of a Pickpocket is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent crime film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul’s peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a policeman catching a pickpocket with the assistance of a passing sailor. A policeman catches a pickpocket, who slips from his jacket but is caught by a sailor. It’s the earliest known British film which tells a story, rather than recording a real-world event; it’s also the earliest known British film which definite