Most Viewed Year 1902 - 12

The camera was placed in almost the center of the compound area by the exhibit buildings, and the cameraman began to photograph and pan his camera...

Shows how the ice is picked up from the canal and loaded on cars which are hauled across the mountain by cable. After letting the cars down on the...

One of the most interesting pictures in the series showing how the ice is taken up from the canal by machinery and run into ice houses, each of which...

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth...

Arrival by car - The ceremony decorations - The output of the Chamber of Commerce.

A stationary camera looks slightly uphill at a crowd of children and adults, most wearing a hat, a cap, or a ribbon, as they engage in tossing eggs...

A ceremonial procession through what is thought to be Western Road to mark the opening of 1902's momentous Cork Exhibition. Marchers represent the...

This lively series of shots of crowds enjoying various events at a university sports day was filmed on the grounds of Queen's College Cork (from...

These evocative scenes of Edwardian Dublin include views of the old houses of parliament (later home to the Bank of Ireland), and the gates of...

A man and a woman, both dressed in rough clothing, go around and around, half dancing and half wrestling, until they tumble to the ground in a heap. ...

A beautiful shot of a locomotive billowing smoke begins this very evocative film. As the train pulls in to the terminus the camera is positioned...

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Filmed around a month before the opening of the exhibition, these scenes show work still being carried out on the grounds, including the water chute...

This picture shows the Governor General, the Earl of Minto, accompanied by the Countess of Minto and their household, crossing the river in ice...

This is one of nine films in the Mitchell and Kenyon collection relating to this momentous exhibition, a key moment in Cork's early 20th century...

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

This film was commissioned by influential fairground showman George Green (one of the first exhibitors to hire Mitchell & Kenyon) for his...

A ropey pitch and worse goalkeeping in a typical non-league football derby in Edwardian Yorkshire.

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

It's not easy to view these beguiling scenic shots without burdening them with our knowledge of history. The pivotal site of Irish emigration,...