Most Viewed Year 1900 - 2

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,...

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.

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...

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

Butterfly dance.

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

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...

A woman climbs out of bed and lifts her nightdress to search for a flea. Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book

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

Marquesas in their sedan chairs.

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

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

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

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

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

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 dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.