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Collection no. #16881 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Soldiers exchange fire in a compact reconstruction of a Boer War engagement. Smoke and advancing figures present the conflict as a brief battlefield…
Collection no. #16898 minSegundo de Chomón
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A captured pickpocket repeatedly slips out of police custody through impossible transformations. Vanishing acts, a flying bicycle and a change into a…
Collection no. #16902 minEdwin S. Porter
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A tramp steals a railway ticket and intrudes on a newly married couple's journey. His unwelcome attention to the bride brings the groom and train…
Collection no. #16919 minWallace McCutcheon
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A family moves to the suburbs in search of peace and comfort. Domestic mishaps undermine the promise, and an outburst involving broken crockery…
Collection no. #16921 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
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William McKinley steps out of his house to receive news from his secretary while his wife sits on the porch. The staged visit recreates the…
Collection no. #16947 minHal Roach
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A lazy restaurant cook uses improvised gadgets to work without leaving his chair. Reassigned to waiting tables after a failed attempt to supply a…
Collection no. #169524 minArvid E. Gillstrom
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A hotel's staff walks out just before a theatrical company arrives. A guest trying to escape is forced to fill several jobs, while his interest in…
Collection no. #169668 minÉmile Chautard
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Schoolteacher Nathan Hale joins the American struggle for independence and undertakes a dangerous intelligence mission. His service leads to capture,…
Collection no. #16999 minHal Roach
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A department-store employee protects her boyfriend from the manager by introducing him as a new shoe salesman. His disastrous attempts to serve…
Collection no. #170024 minClarence G. Badger
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Gloria follows her sailor boyfriend to India, where a sultan abducts her for his harem. Bobby must find a way to rescue her from the ruler's…
Collection no. #170122 minScott Pembroke
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Stan visits a speakeasy to investigate the evils of alcohol and rapidly becomes part of the problem. After annoying its formidable owner, a mistaken…
Collection no. #170226 minAnthony Mack
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A teacher's European holiday becomes an ordeal when his unruly pupils accompany him. Famous sights in Italy, Britain and France provide the setting…
Collection no. #170317 minD. W. Griffith
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Nora leaves an unhappy home to attend school, where ridicule and humiliation deepen her loneliness. A traveling seller exploits her vulnerability…
Collection no. #170412 minRalph Ceder
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In divorce court, Stan faces his wife's complaint that a brief errand kept him away for weeks. His elaborate explanation turns to a hunting…
Collection no. #170510 minEdwin S. Porter
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A wealthy woman steals goods from a department store, while a poor mother takes bread to feed her children. Both reach the same court, where social…
Collection no. #17064 minWalter Ruttmann
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Geometric forms move, expand and meet across the screen in an abstract visual composition. Rhythm comes from the changing shapes and their…
Collection no. #170711 minEdwin S. Porter
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A railway worker's daughter discovers a plan to derail the train driven by the man she loves. After escaping the plotters, she warns him, only to…
Collection no. #170814 minLaurence Trimble
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A widower falls for the governess hired to manage his mischievous daughter. The child and her nurse devise a plan aimed at the governess's most…