 In 1907 Cooper set out on a special observation car, attached to the front of a train to film the long phantom ride film "London to Killarney" (1907) which was one of the longest to have been made at that time and was distributed in four parts.At the end of the ride he also filmed the comedy "Irish Wives and English Husbands" (1907), starring local girl Kate O'Connor, which was the first fiction film to be made in Ireland.By 1908 Cooper had established the Alpha Production Works in St Albans.