Countries
39 films in this collection
Collection no. #12731 minGeorge 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. #12923 minJames 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. #11701 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An irritated man objects to being photographed and advances toward the camera. His expanding mouth appears to swallow both the apparatus and its…
Collection no. #12454 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A house fire brings the local brigade to rescue the people trapped inside. The emergency becomes a compact staged account of an organized response to…
Collection no. #12482 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A knight's meeting with his beloved is interrupted by a witch and supernatural attackers. After one carries the woman away, a fairy provides a sword…
Collection no. #13241 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man steals meat from a butcher and flees, setting a pursuit in motion. The chase carries the action beyond a single view as the theft brings swift…
Collection no. #135611 minPercy Stow
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Exiled with his daughter, Prospero uses magic to control life on an island and summon the people who wronged him. A shipwreck brings Ferdinand into…
Collection no. #14193 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A tired traveller tries to get undressed and go to bed. Clothes and objects refuse to behave normally, turning the simplest part of his evening into…
Collection no. #14231 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A mother tries an inventor's machine promising a year's growth in a single hour. The accelerated treatment produces a startling result that turns a…
Collection no. #14496 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Airships attack England while an inventor prepares a defensive missile. When a bomb strikes his sweetheart's home, he must interrupt the experiment…
Collection no. #14612 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A couple fleeing a policeman drives up a building and into the sky. Their car circles celestial bodies before returning to earth, where one more…
Collection no. #14681 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An elderly dealer's curiosity shop becomes a place of disturbing apparitions. Objects and figures no longer behave as expected, leaving the…
Collection no. #14842 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An artist draws a woman whose image begins coming to life in separate parts. The act of creation moves beyond a flat drawing and confronts the…
Collection no. #14911 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A boy asks a magician to help his sick sister. The performer takes his abilities beyond the stage, bringing a moment of extraordinary assistance into…
Collection no. #15422 minF. Martin Duncan
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man examines his cheese and discovers a microscopic world that spoils his appetite. The camera brings the movements of mites into view, changing an…
Collection no. #15433 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young painter tips paint over a policeman and runs. The pursuit moves through real outdoor locations, turning a practical mishap into a prolonged…
Collection no. #15507 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A séance promises supernatural contact until the medium's methods are exposed. The apparent marvels give way to the human arrangements that produced…
Collection no. #15870 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A train stops on a narrow railway above the water and begins to reverse. An express emerges from a tunnel ahead, leaving no room to escape. Their…