1901 Movies

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 and...

A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most perfe...

The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly arises from the be...

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his attentions...

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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 are...

President McKinley Inauguration

Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with its remake...

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.

Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't i...

Cavalry and foot-soldiers escort President McKinley.

A short clip of street life in the French village Chamonix.

Shows a suburbanite asleep in bed. He discovers he has overslept himself, and jumps out of bed.

An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive ‘ap...

An Edwardian football match at Newcastle's St James' Park ground.