Movies 1901 Page 8

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

A pretty and natural picture in which the principal actors are two tiny tots who are evidently not a bit afraid of the briny deep as they splash...

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Certainly one of the greatest literary successes of our time. This work has been translated into every [sic] language and its sale has reached...

The great geyser at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. c. 1901.

A few days before the Christmas holiday, a large family decides to put on a home-made play as part of their holiday together. The mother writes the...

Lancashire's St Helens, in hooped shirts, visited Cheshire rivals Warrington for this early Edwardian game. As in other Mitchell and Kenyon rugby...

In this picture there is a limited amount of action in the pose. As the curtains are drawn aside the shell appears shut. It gradually opens,...

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

Two lifeguards rescue a female bather after faltering and sinking while swimming.

Willie puts a pack of firecrackers in the flour which Nora is preparing for her dough. A policeman comes in and is entertained by Nora. Willie in the...

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Ferdinand Zecca's own remake of the same...

On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare...

A very short, simple trick film with some pool divers in reverse.

Pathé film number 380, released as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" in the US and as "Peeping Tom" in the UK. The title "What is Seen...

This scene was taken shortly after the completion of the railroad in 1899. The impression received by the audience is that of riding on the pilot of...

President McKinley Inauguration

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

This clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built...

Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of...

Here we see one of the methods employed in the search for gold, where water is scarce. We see the workmen using the water over and over again in the...

As a man removes his clothes to bathe, more reappear on him.

Thousands of people got together on Easter Monday for the traditional egg rolling.

This is an extraordinary window on to the heart of cosmopolitan Shanghai, over a hundred years ago, featuring a Nanjing Road bustling with crowds of...

Evocative film of the passengers and crew of a ship docked at Liverpool.

Here we show Captain N. P. Nissen, formerly known as Captain Bowser, making a trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in his famous twenty-four foot craft...

Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition...

Did he bowl or did he throw? A fascinating record of an early cricketing controversy.

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

The evolution of Rugby League in a top of the table match between rival Lancashire clubs.

A snow covered slope with narrow trail is seen in the foreground of this picture. In the distance, some figures are seen approaching. As they draw...

This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil...

This film recreates the arrest of Thomas Goudie, a bank employee who embezzled £170,000 to pay gambling debts, using the real locations. It shows...

This is a news actuality film of the former Commander in Chief of the Boer War, Lord Roberts, visiting Manchester to much hoopla.

The might of the British Navy struts its stuff down the Manchester Ship Canal.