Zowonedwa Kwambiri Chaka 1902

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks...

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth....

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

Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the...

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.

A fighting couple gets interrupted by the landlady.

A colonel in the military receives an unorthodox shower, an unorthodox shower indeed!

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

Fox terriers kill rats in an aviary while excited spectators watch on.

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk....

Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.

A short film featuring several dancers from different countries: first an Arabian dancer, then an Algerian belly dancer, and finally Scottish...