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...

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

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

A less-than-serious Leeds team take a four-goals-and-two-tries battering from Hunslet.

Cavalry and foot-soldiers escort President McKinley.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with...

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

Silent film

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,...

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real...

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

A magician's hat offers many surprises.

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....

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

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

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

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

As a man removes his clothes to bathe, more reappear on him.

Troops parade past the camera.

Early footage of Queen Victoria’s funeral.

This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly...

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...

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

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

A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly arises from...

President McKinley taking the Oath.

Girls gut herring on the quay at North Shields while a Showman tries to stir up trouble.

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

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...

We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros....

“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the...

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...

Shot against a painted backdrop of river with town on other bank & mountains behind. Throwing medicine ball while group of men watch, at least one...

A jovial looking man is seated nearest the window of a restaurant. He has just finished his meal and the waiter brings a glass of beer, and when he...