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Pedestrian and cart traffic in the street.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

Uniformed men march in step, in widely spaced ranks of each other.

The first Swedish film by photographer Ernest Florman. Kung Oscar II welcomes King Chulalonkorn of Siam, now Thailand, at Logårdstrappan. King...

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup.

Traffic in the street.

Passengers board the train while others move about on the platform.

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Clarence Dock

A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

Ainu people, performing a traditional dance, somewhere near Muroran, Hokkaido. A group of women is spot-dancing, while a man circles around them.