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poster The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood
The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood
59mn - Documentary
Historian A.N. Wilson embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore the extraordinary life of Josiah Wedgwood, the self-made 18th-century potter who revolutionized not just ceramics but entire industrie…
poster Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
1mn - Documentary
The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.
poster The Blacksmiths
The Blacksmiths
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…
poster The Man with the Rubber Head
The Man with the Rubber Head
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
poster Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
(3.3/5)
68mn - Action, Adventure, Crime
When Sherlock Holmes rescues a Swiss scientist with a revolutionary bomb-sight from Nazi hands, he must outwit his nemesis Professor Moriarty in a deadly game of espionage and coded messages to prevent th…
poster Accordion Player
Accordion Player
1mn - Documentary
The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the …
poster Homunculus
Homunculus
360mn - Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.
poster The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, Horror, Fantasy
A young gambler plays a game of chess against his creditor in order to clear his debts. Whilst playing he falls into a dream where he encounters a mysterious man who has the power to take his identity. Th…
poster The Watchmaker's Apprentice
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
(3.7/5)
67mn - Documentary
The extraordinary story of Dr. George Daniels, who rose from Dickensian poverty to become the world's greatest modern watchmaker, and Roger W. Smith's obsessive seven-year quest to master the ancient craf…
poster Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
1mn - Documentary
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The One-Man Band
The One-Man Band
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal p…
poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …
poster Willie's Magic Wand
Willie's Magic Wand
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
poster The Red-Headed League
The Red-Headed League
0mn - Mystery, Crime
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
poster The Wolf Dog
The Wolf Dog
(2.7/5)
240mn - Action, Adventure
Young Frank Courtney discovers he's the heir to a vast shipping fortune, but his treacherous guardian Norman Bryan will stop at nothing to claim it for himself. With only his faithful wolf-dog Pal and rad…
poster His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers
(3.0/5)
62mn - Comedy
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …
poster Man Walking Around a Corner
Man Walking Around a Corner
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 (16-lens camera) is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds (UK)…
poster The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme
(3.3/5)
74mn - Documentary, War
A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.
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…
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