Movies 1901

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

Children hide behind a wall and throw snowballs at passersby. A policeman intervenes to stop the mischief but becomes a target himself.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

First Hungarian film ever made. Considered lost.

Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.

"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which...

Released in 1901

Only part of the film has survived.

Alpine Series is a collection of scenes taken by Frank Ormiston-Smith in 1901 in the Alps. They were screened in different selections by the Warwich...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Children hide behind a wall and throw snowballs at passersby. A policeman intervenes to stop the mischief but becomes a target himself.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which...

Released in 1901

Alpine Series is a collection of scenes taken by Frank Ormiston-Smith in 1901 in the Alps. They were screened in different selections by the Warwich...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.

Passengers and crew boarding the SS Saxonia.