1901 Movies

A collection of short films by Swedish engineer Emil Sieurin.

A small battalion of Yorkshire schoolchildren lines up for a playground photograph.

Children throw snowballs at passersby, including a policeman.

A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again a...

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

James J. Jeffries throwing the medicine ball. An absolutely perfect picture of the champion heavyweight of the world.

A fine picture of the champion and his brother in a very lively one-round sparring bout. The muscles of the champion are shown to excellent advantage,...

Another fine picture of the champion going through his side-stepping tactics which have made him famous. The picture ends with a wrestling bout with h...

Jeffries walks into his gymnasium at Oakland, Cal., accompanied by Billy Delaney, and begins exercising with the heavy weights. The view was taken wit...

Mitchell & Kenyon.

Mitchell & Kenyon.

Mitchell & Kenyon.

Mitchell & Kenyon.

Dranem enters the barracks and takes off his field kit in preparation for some bunk time. However, every time he gets down to his skivvies, his field...

A young girl reciting "The Star Spangled Banner" in sign language as taught at Gallaudet Institute.

Here the yachts are both sailing under a twenty-knot breeze, and the effect is most beautiful as they turn the stake, the Shamrock leading by one-eigh...

A well-preserved slice of life in Holland, showing people and horse-drawn trolleys in front of the ornamented Maasbrug bridge. Approximately 1901.

Single shot of the finish of a rowing race at Henley Regatta.

Documentation of an audience watching a puppeteer working in a booth.