Most Viewed Year 1900 - 2

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

Butterfly dance.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

Well did you ever? Two women share juicy stories, and enjoyably shocked reaction, over tea.

Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book. The given date is approximate

This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system. The building,...

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

A client has trouble listening to the photographer's instructions.

Consisting of a single shot, Spiders on a Web is one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography. Made by one of the...

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other.

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.