Zowonedwa Kwambiri Chaka 1908

A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the...

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

For a short comedy of rare merit this subject is unexcelled. A chalk line series of grotesque caricatures enacted in the land of puppets. A fickle...

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands,...

The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...

At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

Two big game hunters are on safari in the jungle with their African guide. They observe zebras, ostrich and a hippopotamus, and catch a small monkey...

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in...