Movies 1902

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film...

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is...

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

Harlequin is walking in a garden with Columbine. As he moves away to the distance and leaves her on her own, Mephisto appears, from inside a well,...

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

A magician performs various tricks.

Sparkling images of fans and players at an Edwardian fixture at Sheffield's Bramall Lane.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

One of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.

This film records the arrival of the Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Minto, accompanied by the Countess of Minto and their household, as they...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

Shows ice plows in operation, drawn by horses and guided by men on skates. The plows are first operated in one direction and then crosswise, cutting...

First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young...

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk....

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

Sparkling images of fans and players at an Edwardian fixture at Sheffield's Bramall Lane.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

This film records the arrival of the Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Minto, accompanied by the Countess of Minto and their household, as they...

Shows ice plows in operation, drawn by horses and guided by men on skates. The plows are first operated in one direction and then crosswise, cutting...

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk....

Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.

A comic picture that defies description. It depicts the Twentieth Century up-to-date tramp flying over the chimney tops of New York City in the...

This is one of four two-minute extracts from a two to three-hour procession, held to commemorate her legend in Coventry on the afternoon of 9th...

Short domestic scene featuring Percy Stow. A print survives at the BFI.

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...

A policeman is run over by an automobile

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She...

A view of New York's latest sky-scraper, the remarkable Flatiron Building, at the junction of Broadway, Fifth Ave., and 23rd St., New York. A...

Old woman sews patch on grandson’s trousers while friends jeer.

The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, who, through the aid of Mrs....

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Shows how the ice is picked up from the canal and loaded on cars which are hauled across the mountain by cable. After letting the cars down on the...