1901 Movies

This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of attract...

“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are enacte...

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

One long traveling shot through a sea front lined with tourists, workers, and sundry others.

Prominent people at a funeral.

Shows a tramp asleep. Two mischievous boys appear on roller skates. One removes his skates and they strap them to the feet of "Weary Willie." They the...

A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the noblem...

Silent film

A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again a...

As a man removes his clothes to bathe, more reappear on him.

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

President McKinley Inauguration

On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare imag...

In a wizard's cavern, a series of magic tricks are performed..

Leicester Tigers face Plymouth in this early filmed rugby match, which took place 26 October 1901, at Leicester's Welford Road home. As is customary i...

A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him are...

A few days before the Christmas holiday, a large family decides to put on a home-made play as part of their holiday together. The mother writes the pl...

This film recreates the arrest of Thomas Goudie, a bank employee who embezzled £170,000 to pay gambling debts, using the real locations. It shows the...

In a bakery in the French countryside, Father Latourte, his wife, and their staff are busy with customers, pastries, and baked goods of all kinds. The...

Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.