The Coronation of Edward VII
King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.
See moreThe Battle of the Somme
A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.
See moreThe World, the Flesh and the Devil
An intensely unhappy woman hatches a plot to switch the babies of a poor family and a rich family. But the nurse hired to pull off this transfer...
See moreThe Aerial Submarine
Using a futuristic submarine, pirates kidnap a young couple, torpedo a passenger ship, travel under the sea to salvage bullion, then make their...
See moreHunting the Red Deer, With the Devon and Somerset Staghounds
Documentary about a hunting party.
See moreThe Arlberg Railway
In 1906, the Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Bludenz, is the only east-west mountain railway in Austria. This...
See moreThe Birth of a Flower
"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied...
See moreVarieties of Sweet Peas
An early British Kinemacolor short, in which delicate tones and shades of color are beautifully reproduced in examples of highly cultivated sweet...
See moreBritain Prepared
Documentary film about the military preparations of the United Kingdom in World War I. It includes scenes of military training of new recruits in...
See moreFight for the Dardanelles
The film uses stop-frame animation to create maps on the screen, and showed the then-current military situation in the Dardanelles, using various...
See moreVenice and the Grand Canal
View of the Grand Canal in Venice from a boat believed to have been made in either 1901 or 1904 and as part of the series "Through Italy with the...
See moreThe Aerial Anarchists
Anarchists build a super aircraft and bomb a railway, a fort and St. Paul's.
See moreHackenschmidt-Rogers [The Great Wrestling Match]
Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and...
See moreBanks of the Nile
With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turbans set up a wooden gangway. Thanks to a rope...
See moreFording the River
Kinemacolor
See moreTrilby and Svengali
British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.
See moreThe Pageant Procession
From With Our King and Queen Through India
See moreArmenia, Cradle of Humanity
A film by Charles Urban
See moreA Dash to the North Pole
This film footage of the Ziegler North Pole expedition was reissued in Britain by Charles Urban in 1909 when all things Polar were of almost...
See moreTorpedo Attack on H.M.S. Dreadnought
This fragment comprises just over half of the original film and features a parade of partially-submerged submarines and destroyers launching...
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