Zowonedwa Kwambiri Chaka 1898

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast....

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a wider view and shows more of the vaudeville stylings of...

This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of...

Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

The stars-and-stripes and the flag of Cuba Libre flutter in the breeze, one after the other. Very dramatic. Appeals to the popular sentiment....

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston.