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"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to...
The Birth of a Flower
Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into different shapes.
Animated Putty
Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.
To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
"Magic" film using the art of animation and stop motion to do a surreal experiment with paper.
Paper Cuttings
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.
The Strength and Agility of Insects
Using a futuristic submarine, pirates kidnap a young couple, torpedo a passenger ship, travel under the sea to salvage bullion, then make their...
The Aerial Submarine
A robot chauffeur takes a newly married couple on their honeymoon to the planet Saturn and then on a trip under the sea.
The Automatic Motorist
A man's invention brings waxworks of historical figures to life
The Electric Vitalizer
Anarchists build a super aircraft and bomb a railway, a fort and St. Paul's.
The Aerial Anarchists
A proto-"documentary" film depicting workers of a mine owned by the Wilgan Coal and Iron Company
A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
The lengthy process of building a Claughton class locomotive is shortened through the magic of moving image.
A Visit to Locomotive Works, Crewe
With closeup footage of flies and simulations of their vision.
Swat That Fly
A nature documentary depicting the variety of changes undergone by plants and animals as the seasons of the year change. A deer is shown shedding his...
The Four Seasons
The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection...
SS Olympic