Collection no. #69413 minA Corner in Wheat
D. W. Griffith
13 min · Subtitles: English
A financier gains control of the wheat market while farmers continue their exhausting work and families struggle to buy bread. His success is…
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Collection no. #75313 minThe Great Train Robbery
Edwin S. Porter
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Bandits seize a railway office, stop a train and rob the passengers before escaping with their loot. A rescued telegraph operator raises the alarm,…
Collection no. #78115 minA Trap for Santa Claus
D. W. Griffith
15 min · Subtitles: English
An unemployed father abandons his family, believing they will be better off without him. An unexpected inheritance subsequently gives his wife and…
Collection no. #7861 minThe Enchanted Drawing
J. Stuart Blackton
1 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
An artist sketches a man's face and adds objects that suddenly seem available outside the paper. Drawing, performance and camera tricks allow him to…
Collection no. #89512 minThe Adventures of Dollie
D. W. Griffith
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away…
Collection no. #9567 minMoscow Clad in Snow
Georges Meyer
7 min · Subtitles: English
Snow changes the appearance and movement of Moscow as the camera visits streets, markets, riverside views and a public park. Workers, shoppers and…
Collection no. #116012 minThe Witch
Georges Méliès
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
A penniless troubadour obtains a magical charm from the witch Carabosse by paying with a bag of sand. He hopes to rescue a captive woman, but the…
Collection no. #12731 minThe Sick Kitten
George Albert Smith
1 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
Two children care for an ailing kitten in a brief domestic scene. The camera moves closer to the animal, turning a small gesture of care into the…
Collection no. #128613 minThe Salvation Army Lass
D. W. Griffith
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Mary loses her home and work after becoming associated with a fatal saloon fight. The Salvation Army offers her a new direction, but her former…
Collection no. #12923 minThe Little Match Seller
James Williamson
3 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
A young match seller faces cold and indifference on Christmas Eve. Lighting her matches brings visions of warmth and plenty, briefly replacing the…
Collection no. #66712 minA Trip to the Moon
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A group of astronomers builds a capsule and fires it toward the Moon from an enormous cannon. Their expedition enters a world of theatrical stars,…
Collection no. #72010 minJeanne d'Arc
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Joan hears a divine call to defend France and leaves her village despite her family's objections. A succession of large tableaux follows her approach…
Collection no. #76620 minThe Impossible Voyage
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A society of enthusiastic explorers approves an engineer's plan to travel beyond ordinary geographical limits. Their collection of vehicles carries…
Collection no. #8181 minFantasmagorie
Émile Cohl
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A drawn figure enters a world where objects refuse to keep their shape. A bottle, a flower and other forms become the raw material for…
Collection no. #8681 minThe Infernal Cauldron
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A demon feeds victims into a blazing cauldron in a chamber arranged for supernatural spectacle. The figures rise again as ghostly forms and turn into…
Collection no. #87115 minMazepa
Vasili Goncharov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
Hetman Mazepa falls in love with Maria, the daughter of Kochubey, and asks for permission to marry her. Her father's refusal turns the proposed union…
Collection no. #91413 minThe Assassination of the Duke of Guise
Charles le Bargy
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French. · No subtitle track in this language
The Duke of Guise receives a royal summons to the Château de Blois, where Henry III has prepared to eliminate a powerful rival. Movement through the…
Collection no. #93215 minA 16th Century Russian Wedding
Vasili Goncharov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young nobleman overturns a cart during a chance encounter on the road, meeting a woman who escapes the accident unharmed. At home, his family…