Collection no. #8941 minMacintyre's X-Ray Film
John Macintyre
1 min · Subtitles: English
X-ray images reveal bodily structures normally hidden from view, including a frog's joint and movements inside an adult body. A sequence of exposures…
Years
1896
13 films in this collection
13 films
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Collection no. #7563 minThe Haunted Castle
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A bat enters a castle and transforms into a devil who conjures an assistant, a woman and a series of apparitions. Two visitors find themselves…
Collection no. #8011 minEscamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician places a chair on a newspaper to show that no trapdoor can be concealed beneath it. His assistant sits down and disappears when he removes…
Collection no. #8881 minPlaying Cards
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three men gather at a garden table, with cards and a newspaper providing the afternoon's occupations. Drinks arrive, attention shifts from the game…
Collection no. #8911 minA Terrible Night
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man preparing for sleep discovers an enormous insect moving across his bed and wall. Rest becomes impossible as he reaches for a broom and attempts…
Collection no. #9851 minLe cauchemar
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sleeping man's bedroom fills with unsettling visitors who change form before his eyes. A girl, comic stage figures and a threatening Man in the…
Collection no. #10741 minPost No Bills
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A wall marked with a prohibition on posting bills attracts two competing billposters. Each tries to cover the other's work, and the dispute escalates…
Collection no. #14711 minTwo A.M.; or, the Husband's Return
Robert W. Paul
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A drunken husband comes home late and faces his irritated wife. She tries to reprimand him while getting him undressed and into bed, turning a…
Collection no. #15820 minL'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat
Auguste Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A steam train enters La Ciotat station as travelers wait, step aside and move along the platform. The approaching locomotive and shifting crowd…
Collection no. #16090 minCarmaux, défournage du coke
Louis 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. #16460 minCarga de rurales
Gabriel 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. #16640 minWriting Backwards
Louis 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…
Collection no. #16921 minMcKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
William Kennedy Dickson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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…