Most Viewed Year 1901 - 4

A few days before the Christmas holiday, a large family decides to put on a home-made play as part of their holiday together. The mother writes the...

A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his...

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....

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about...

Shot at the intersection of Holy Corner in Liverpool, this street is a hive of people and traffic. Arguably during the first part of this century...

Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.

This is a great historical event. Our cameras were stationed in the center of the Esplanade looking toward the Main Approach to the Pan-American...

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

A temperance society decries the demon drink on the streets of Edwardian Manchester.

The famous acrobats in the above title appear in a marvellous acrobatic act. There are three barrels arranged on the stage. The boys, blindfolded,...

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

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

In a bakery in the French countryside, Father Latourte, his wife, and their staff are busy with customers, pastries, and baked goods of all kinds....

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

A fine picture of the champion and his brother in a very lively one-round sparring bout. The muscles of the champion are shown to excellent...

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.

Shows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and...