Decades
177 films in this collection
Collection no. #14795 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man's opium dream sends a glass of beer toward the Moon and brings a moon goddess into his room. His attempts to drink and embrace her repeatedly…
Collection no. #14828 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A patient dressed as Napoleon escapes from a cell and leads his attendants across a series of obstacles. The pursuit circles back toward 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. #14872 minGaston Velle
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two thieves enter a house through its roof while the owner leaves to summon the police. Rats, ladders and windows complicate the burglary, but the…
Collection no. #14885 minWilly Mullens
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A visitor removes his trousers to keep them dry at the beach and attracts a policeman's attention. His attempt to escape in disguise draws an…
Collection no. #14898 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Children hang their stockings and struggle to settle down while Santa finishes his preparations. A sleigh journey brings him to the family's roof,…
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. #149219 minFrancis Boggs
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A ranch foreman inherits a fortune and moves to Chicago, only to grow weary of wealthy society. Missing the energy of western life, he invites his…
Collection no. #14931 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An Algerian dancer performs directly for the camera. The short records the movement as a self-contained attraction, with colour drawing additional…
Collection no. #14951 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A caricature of Theodore Roosevelt stages a hunting triumph with a photographer and press agent close behind. The supposed display of rugged…
Collection no. #15004 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two intruders hide inside a wealthy man's house and move from a closet to the bathroom. Discovering them in his covered bathtub, the owner begins a…
Collection no. #15011 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician places his own head in a glass box and gives his body a replacement. Amused by tormenting the trapped head, he fails to anticipate what…
Collection no. #15183 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A couple shares a meal with an elderly stranger during winter. Their guest reveals herself as a fairy and rewards the kindness by transforming the…
Collection no. #15218 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A woman's first batch of biscuits makes her husband ill, but she leaves more at his office. Visiting actors and other unsuspecting people try them…
Collection no. #152212 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A pawnbroker's daughter chooses the man she loves over the suitor her father approves. Years later, bereavement and poverty bring her child back to…
Collection no. #152812 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A gang of children stages a train robbery on a miniature railway. Their bandit poses conceal an appetite for dolls and candy, while pursuing police…
Collection no. #15368 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A married couple promises to control its drinking at a New Year's Eve party. Both fail, and the husband's fear of facing his wife the next morning…
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…