Collection no. #8941 minMacintyre's X-Ray Film
John Macintyre
1 min · Subtitles: English
X-ray images reveal bodily structures normally hidden from view, including a frog's joint and movements inside an adult body. A sequence of exposures…
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Collection no. #13992 minSua Santità papa Leone XIII
William Kennedy Dickson
2 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
Pope Leo XIII appears in the Vatican gardens and gives his blessing to the camera. Three views record the elderly pontiff in an early encounter…
Collection no. #6874 minPauvre Pierrot
Émile Reynaud
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French. · No subtitle track in this language
Pierrot comes to serenade Columbine, unaware that Harlequin is interfering with his romantic visit. In the courtyard, teasing, stolen possessions and…
Collection no. #7563 minThe Haunted Castle
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A bat enters a castle and transforms into a devil who conjures an assistant, a woman and a series of apparitions. Two visitors find themselves…
Collection no. #7915 minCinderella
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Cinderella's household duties give way to a magical transformation that allows her to attend the ball. Splendid clothing and an extraordinary…
Collection no. #8011 minEscamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician places a chair on a newspaper to show that no trapdoor can be concealed beneath it. His assistant sits down and disappears when he removes…
Collection no. #8881 minPlaying Cards
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three men gather at a garden table, with cards and a newspaper providing the afternoon's occupations. Drinks arrive, attention shifts from the game…
Collection no. #8911 minA Terrible Night
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man preparing for sleep discovers an enormous insect moving across his bed and wall. Rest becomes impossible as he reaches for a broom and attempts…
Collection no. #9691 minAprès le bal
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
After returning from a ball, a woman lets her maid help her undress and prepare for a bath. The brief scene follows the familiar gestures of washing…
Collection no. #9801 minAutour d'une cabine
Émile Reynaud
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Swimmers, a couple and an intrusive onlooker cross paths beside seaside bathing cabins. A hesitant dive and an attempt to peek into a changing hut…
Collection no. #9851 minLe cauchemar
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sleeping man's bedroom fills with unsettling visitors who change form before his eyes. A girl, comic stage figures and a threatening Man in the…
Collection no. #9971 minBetween Calais and Dover
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A crowded steamboat makes an exceptionally rough crossing of the English Channel. Seasick passengers try to keep their balance and their dignity…
Collection no. #9981 minThe Four Troublesome Heads
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician removes his head, sets it on a table and immediately grows another. Soon several copies of his head are performing alongside him, turning…
Collection no. #9993 minThe Astronomer's Dream
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An astronomer's study becomes a place of unruly fantasy when the Moon approaches close enough to swallow his telescope. Clowns, celestial figures and…
Collection no. #10212 minThe Bewitched Inn
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A traveler enters an inn hoping to settle down for the night, but every object seems determined to resist him. Luggage vanishes, boots move by…
Collection no. #10481 minAdventures of William Tell
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A clown prepares a William Tell mannequin for target practice, setting fruit on its head. Before he can take aim, the supposed prop comes alive and…
Collection no. #10711 minThe Temptation of Saint Anthony
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Saint Anthony's prayers are interrupted by visions that make the objects in his cave unstable. Women appear where devotional images and a skull had…
Collection no. #10741 minPost No Bills
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A wall marked with a prohibition on posting bills attracts two competing billposters. Each tries to cover the other's work, and the dispute escalates…