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10 films in this collection
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. #66712 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A group of astronomers builds a capsule and fires it toward the Moon from an enormous cannon. Their expedition enters a world of theatrical stars,…
Collection no. #95511 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into…
Collection no. #11053 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Actors recreate the procession, oath, anointing and crowning of Edward VII, followed by the assembled court's homage. The abbreviated ceremony is…
Collection no. #11884 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Gulliver encounters worlds in which his own size becomes extraordinary. Among tiny people he towers over his surroundings; among giants the…
Collection no. #12069 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Ali Baba overhears the words that open a thieves' treasure cave and takes home part of the hoard. His brother's attempt to repeat the discovery…
Collection no. #13162 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A thief attempts to steal bags of money from Satan's chest, only to discover that the treasure and its container have lives of their own.…
Collection no. #14351 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A dancer appears to escape the ordinary limits of gravity. The performance becomes an illusion in which the body's relationship to the surrounding…
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. #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…