Most Viewed Year 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....

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

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

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...

A policeman is run over by an automobile

A dissipated man sits at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A revolver is on the opposite side of the table. He pours a glass...

The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, who, through the aid of Mrs....

In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The...

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.

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

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

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

"Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be...

This fascinating record of Edwardian Nottingham was filmed from the driver's platform of a tram on a single journey through the city centre between...

A bracing fight scene

First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young...

This film about a procession is one of the most antique pieces of Spanish cinema.