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The Old Maid in the Horsecar

Gilbert Saroni impersonates an exceedingly ugly woman who coyly flirts with her fan.

The Reversible Divers

A very short, simple trick film with some pool divers in reverse.

The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates…

The Trick Cyclist

A comic short in which a tramp attempts to ride a bicycle, tumbling repeatedly before givi…

Tramway Ride Through the Streets of Norwich

Shows the streets of Norwich filmed from the upper storey of a moving tram in 1901.

Trapeze Disrobing Act

The stage of a vaudeville theatre. A lady in evening costume is performing on a trapeze. T…

Two Rubes at the Theatre

This picture shows the interior of a well-known theatre. Two hayseeds occupy the front sea…

U.S.I. Dept., "Old Faithful," Yosemite Valley

The great geyser at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. c. 1901.

Visit to Pompeii

George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take…

Washing Gold on 20 Above Hunker, Klondike

This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method.…

West End Pier, Morecambe

Mitchell & Kenyon.

What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City

In front of one of the largest newspaper offices is a hot air shaft through which immense…

Why Bridget Stopped Drinking

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Ka…

Women of the Ghetto Bathing

The subject is a group of women bathing in a public swimming pool. The camera was placed o…

York Road Board School, Leeds

A small battalion of Yorkshire schoolchildren lines up for a playground photograph.

A Delusion

The model of a photographer keeps changing from a beautiful woman to an ugly tramp.

A Tough Dance

A man and a woman, both dressed in rough clothing, go around and around, half dancing and…

Alfred Raymond, Agnes May, & Wilfred Sydney

Likely the world's oldest color film, shot in 1902. Like other works by Edward R. Turner,…

All on Account of Eliza

A lovesick youth stations himself under the window of his sweetheart and proceeds to play…

Appointment by Telephone

A businessman makes a luncheon appointment with a young lady, but finds that his wife disa…

Arrival of Prince Henry (of Prussia) and President Roosevelt at Shooter's Island

Here we show Prince Henry and President Roosevelt walking together up the gangway on Shoot…

Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec

This film records the arrival of the Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Minto, accomp…

Arrival of the Shah in London

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

Babies Rolling Eggs

The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over…

Baby in a Rage

A two year old baby in a rage at being deprived of his favorite playthings.

Bi-centennial Jubilee Parade

A splendid view of the color companies of the Gardes Regiments passing in review before Em…

Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco, Cal., from a Balloon

Taken while ascending some 2,000 yards into the clouds, and represents a most diversified…

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died d…

Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders fall…

Capture of the Biddle Brothers

The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle B…

Charleston Chain-Gang

This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grou…

Christening and Launching Kaiser Wilhelm's Yacht 'Meteor'

At the christening and launching, our cameras occupied a most enviable position, being wit…

Circular Panorama of Housing the Ice

One of the most interesting pictures in the series showing how the ice is taken up from th…

Coasting Scene at Montmorency Falls, Canada

A most amusing Winter scene. Shows a large number of boys, girls, men and women on top of…

Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich

The chaos and charm of Edwardian street life is captured to great effect here as young lad…

Cutting and Canaling Ice

Shows ice plows in operation, drawn by horses and guided by men on skates. The plows are f…

Edward VII's Coronation

Film of Edward VII's coronation. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Foxy Grandpa and Polly in a Little Hilarity

Foxy Grandpa and Polly was a comic strip upon which husband and wife team Joseph Hart and…

Foxy Grandpa Shows the Boys a Trick or Two with the Tramp

Second film in the "Foxy Grandpa" series, based on the comic strip of the same name by Car…

Fun in a Bakery Shop

A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a…

Grandpa's Reading Glass

A very clever and interesting picture. A family group composed of grandpa, mamma and sever…

Horse Racing in Germany

A fine picture taken at the race track in Kiel, Germany, showing an exciting horse race. T…

How They Do Things on the Bowery

Scene Bowery. Young woman drops her handkerchief while passing a Rube. He picks it up and…

Interrupted Bathers

Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another you…

Jack and the Beanstalk

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famo…

Kent House Slide

Footage of the Kent House Slide.

Ladies Training for Cycle Races

Short film featuring women training for sportive cycle races. Production company unknown,…

Lady Godiva Procession in Coventry

This is one of four two-minute extracts from a two to three-hour procession, held to comme…

Life in Wexford

These short scenes were filmed in January 1902 in and around Wexford's Bull Ring market, c…

Life Rescue Scene at Atlantic City, N.J.

Shows a number of bathers enjoying a dip in the surf. A young lady is suddenly seized with…

Little Miss Lillian

Little Miss Lillian is Lillian Graham, billed as the youngest prima ballerina in the world…

Loading a Vessel at Charleston, S.C.

Showing the steamship Edgar loading a portion of two million feet of yellow pine lumber by…

Loading the Ice on Cars, Conveying It Across the Mountains and Loading It Into Boats

Shows how the ice is picked up from the canal and loaded on cars which are hauled across t…

Midway of Charleston Exposition (South Carolina)

This picture shows a merry laughing mass of humanity enjoying the sights of the amusement…

Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique)

Second part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. Vivid and exciting throughout. Shows great v…

Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique)

First part in Edison's "Martinique" trilogy. A comprehensive view of Mt. Pelee before the…

New York City in a Blizzard

A realistic panoramic view taken at Madison Square, New York City, on February 17, 1902. A…

New York's New Subway

A view of the work in the big excavation for the Rapid Transit Tunnel at Union Square, New…