A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from...

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

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...

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

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

A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most...

As a janitor is cleaning a hotel, he decides to peek through the keyholes to observe some of the guests in their rooms. In room 8, a woman is busy...

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from...

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

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...

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

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

A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most...

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a...

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...

Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't...

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

Cavalry and foot-soldiers escort President McKinley.

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

A pretty and natural picture in which the principal actors are two tiny tots who are evidently not a bit afraid of the briny deep as they splash...

As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

President McKinley taking the Oath.