A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.

The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

Early Balkan footage.

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially...

A tramp who unwittingly starts a fire is chased by a mob of peasants.

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his...

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

Based on a scene from Shakespeare's play: Macbeth, king of Scotland, is being challenged by forces led by Macduff. Young Siward comes to confront the...

A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This...

Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand...

A portrait of the Dam family.

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially...

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

Based on a scene from Shakespeare's play: Macbeth, king of Scotland, is being challenged by forces led by Macduff. Young Siward comes to confront the...

A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is...

Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand...

A portrait of the Dam family.

A framed bank clerk breaks jail and is sheltered by a vicar until the culprit is caught in Soho.

Two men get into a knife fight, in a Corsican tavern, and one of them kills another and escapes. He takes refuge in his house but escapes when the...

Based loosely on the once-popular nursery rhyme. A fair is in progress, with refreshments, entertainment, and other activities. As the rest of the...

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this...

A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer...

A woman sneaks up behind a seated couple, stabs the woman in the back, and makes an escape.

A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught...

A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Although she is filmed in a long shot,...

A film adaptation of the play by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey.

A young man leers through a peephole in the wall separating two dressing rooms, but he is caught, and is humiliated by his victims, two pretty ladies.

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by...