The Extraordinary Waiter

The Extraordinary Waiter AKA Diner and Waiter Comic is a 1902 British short silent comedy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a brutish colonialist failing to destroy a blackfaced waiter. The film, makes for somewhat uncomfortable viewing, but according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, its just about possible to read this as a metaphor for the rather more widespread frustrations arising from British colonial rule the Boer War was still a current issue, though it seems unlikely that this was intentional on Booths part.

Source: Wikipedia