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poster A Switchback Railway
A Switchback Railway
1mn - Documentary
The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back…
poster A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
7mn - Comedy
An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.
poster Calino courtier en paratonnerres
Calino courtier en paratonnerres
5mn -
Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the apparatus attracts lightning instead of driving it away.
poster Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel
Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel
1mn - Documentary
Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
poster Rector's to Claremont
Rector's to Claremont
3mn - Comedy
When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.
poster The Big Lift
The Big Lift
(3.3/5)
120mn - War, Action, Adventure
The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.
poster Saut à la couverte
Saut à la couverte
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Jumping the Blanket.
poster Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls
(3.5/5)
91mn - Horror, Mystery
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh …
poster Climbing High
Climbing High
(3/5)
78mn - Comedy
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result.
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Ups an' Downs Derby
Ups an' Downs Derby
(2.8/5)
6mn - Animation
aid to be the fastest horse around, Lightning the horse is a sure bet for the Ups and Downs steeplechase. The jockey is all set to go for the big race, but Lightning decides to take a nap instead. The joc…
poster High and Dizzy
High and Dizzy
(3.4/5)
26mn - Comedy
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
poster Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning
17mn -
A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman who's there for the summer. However, his impending nuptials with another woman complicate the…
poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
4mn - Comedy
Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…
poster Angel Flight Down
Angel Flight Down
(2.6/5)
90mn - Drama, Short, Action
A medical emergency aircraft crashes in the snowy Rockies. The pilot, two paramedics, a two-year-old patient, and her father all manage to survive the crash. Unfortunately, the little girl's already criti…
poster The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy
33mn - Comedy
At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
poster Street Angel
Street Angel
(3.7/5)
97mn - Drama, Romance
A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.
poster Demolition of a Wall
Demolition of a Wall
1mn - Documentary
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…
poster Backstairs
Backstairs
(3.4/5)
50mn - Drama
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman p…
poster Départ en voiture
Départ en voiture
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
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