The best movies 1901

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

As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

A stout, happy German is standing in front of his beer saloon. In front of him is a top hat. When a small boy comes along and starts to kick the hat,...

In the artist's studio, he asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to...

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont...

"This film shows the citation, presentation, and dedication of a bridge by the Duke of York, later King of England and grandfather of Queen...

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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

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...

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

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

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

The annual championship meeting of England's premier athletics association.

Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

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

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

Passengers and crew boarding the SS Saxonia.

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1901.

Documentary filmed by Fructuoso Gelabert at the Spanish coast.

Silent black and white movie by pioneer of argentine cinema Eugenio Cardini.

Silent short film portraying photographer Pedro Sanquirico.

Short film consisting of 2 reels filmed in front of a painted backdrop. It tells an anecdote by portraying the activity of everyday characters (the...