Genres
59 films in this collection
Collection no. #15980 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Auguste Lumière holds his daughter Andrée beside a bowl of goldfish. The child reaches into the water while her father supports her, turning a moment…
Collection no. #15990 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man repeatedly tries to vault onto a blanket held by four companions. Missed jumps, an awkward landing and the holders' movements turn the exercise…
Collection no. #16010 minPeter Elfelt
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sled drawn by Greenland dogs crosses a snowy Copenhagen park. Johan Carl Joensen guides the team toward and past the camera in a brief outdoor…
Collection no. #16030 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three men row a small boat out toward rough water. Women and children watch from the jetty as the boat rises and falls, making the harbor departure a…
Collection no. #16040 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Annabelle Moore performs a serpentine dance, sweeping long folds of fabric around her body. The changing shapes turn a stage specialty into a flowing…
Collection no. #16060 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley demonstrates her speed and precision for the camera, firing at targets with an assistant nearby. The brief performance…
Collection no. #16090 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Workers remove hot coke from a furnace, spray it with water and spread it using long tools. Carts move through the background as the camera records…
Collection no. #16120 minAlexandre Promio
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
As a train leaves Jerusalem, the camera moves with it past people gathered beside the railway. Farewells and changing faces slip through the frame,…
Collection no. #16130 minMax Skladanowsky
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A performer swirls a flowing costume through the serpentine dance. The fabric continually changes shape, translating a popular stage attraction into…
Collection no. #16140 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two cats wearing boxing gloves face each other in a miniature ring while their trainer supervises. The staged novelty compresses an animal act into a…
Collection no. #16160 minRobert W. Paul
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Passengers ride the rises and dips of a fairground railway at Alexandra Palace. Robert W. Paul's camera follows the movement within a fixed…
Collection no. #16391 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two women perform a boxing exhibition before a painted outdoor backdrop. The camera records their sparring as a compact display of speed, movement…
Collection no. #164158 minNoah Sokolovsky
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
The camera visits Jewish communities in Ottoman Palestine, recording work, teaching, settlements and public figures. Landscapes and everyday activity…
Collection no. #16460 minGabriel Veyre
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Mounted rural guards gallop through the frame in a coordinated display. Gabriel Veyre records the riders as part of the earliest motion-picture…
Collection no. #16471 minWilliam Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Alberto Santos-Dumont gestures while speaking with Charles Rolls during a visit to London. The silent sequence preserves a meeting between the…
Collection no. #165410 minRalph Steiner
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Water becomes the subject of a visual study in reflections, ripples and flowing shapes. Close views gradually loosen the connection to recognizable…
Collection no. #16610 minJ. Stuart Blackton
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Workers search wreckage on Broadway in Galveston after the devastating 1900 hurricane. The brief actuality records the scale of the destruction and…
Collection no. #16640 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Variety performer Félicien Trewey demonstrates backward writing for the camera. The fixed view concentrates attention on his hands and the unusual…