Movies

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

A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Drama by Walter R. Booth. Survival status unknown.

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

Silent documentary short

Short documentary released in 1907.

Brighton. Landing of party from small boat with comic incidents.

Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.

Documentary snippets from the lives of miners.

4 horse drawn fire brigade carts pull out from Newcastle fire station in the UK as part of a filmed demonstration

The first part of the film shows an actuality street scene of traffic in the Strand. Behind the traffic we can see the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre...

The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's...

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.