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A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...
The House That Jack Built
King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.
The Coronation of Edward VII
Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.
Delhi Durbar
A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.
The Death of Poor Joe
Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.
State Entry into Delhi of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy
An early short about fox hunting
Fox Hunting
Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria
Spectators on the quayside at Southampton wave farewell as the crowded troopship Roslin Castle moves away to the right of the picture. Large numbers...
The 'Roslin Castle' (Troopship) Leaving for South Africa
An actuality and reportage film. This film captures Lord Frederick Roberts (British Army rank Field Marshal) departing England for South Africa on...
Lord Roberts Leaving For South Africa
Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway leading to the ship towards the...
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
Panorama of Calcutta
Footage from the Boer War.
Lancers Under the Earl of Airlie Fording the Modder River
A ‘phantom ride’ taken from the front of a train passing through the Devon town of Barnstaple.
View from an Engine Front: Barnstaple
Will Evans, the Musical Eccentric
George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take a series of views of Italy for the Warwick Trading...
Visit to Pompeii
A man reads a newspaper whose moving letters form 'Bill Bailey has come home'.
The Latest News
Brussels in the Belle Epoque, recorced on film in a straightforward way. Camera work and editing are purely functional. The film observes busy...
Round Brussels in 10 Minutes
A “phantom ride” taken from the buffers of an engine on the London and South West Railway through the Ilfracombe area: the reservoirs,...
View from an Engine Front: Ilfracombe
An actuality film of the 1900 Paris Exhibition, shot from a boat travelling down the Seine.
Panorama of the Paris Exhibition No. 3
A view from the rear of a ship; A hypnotic study of the wake of a ship at sea.
Churned Waters