Most Viewed Year 1901 - 4

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

It shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground. The young...

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

Shows two lovers in a hammock. Two bad boys appear. One of them climbs into a tree and scrambles out on an overhanging branch, directly over the...

These three scenes were inspired from a comedy in four acts of the same name by Edmond Audran, performed for the first time at the...

The stage of a vaudeville theatre. A lady in evening costume is performing on a trapeze. Two Rubes are seated in a box. The lady begins to disrobe,...

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.

This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

Evocative film of the passengers and crew of a ship docked at Liverpool.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

Early footage of the Lucania passenger liner.

Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

In this picture we show President Roosevelt and Cabinet standing at the station with bare heads, while the casket of President McKinley is being...

A splendid subject, showing the champion heavyweight of the world, exercising in his training headquarters. After showing his skill in side-stepping,...

“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are...