Most Viewed Year 1901

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with...

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as...

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from...

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his...

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.