The best movies 1901

Children hide behind a wall and throw snowballs at passersby. A policeman intervenes to stop the mischief but becomes a target himself.

Alpine Series is a collection of scenes taken by Frank Ormiston-Smith in 1901 in the Alps. They were screened in different selections by the Warwich...

First Hungarian film ever made. Considered lost.

"This film shows the citation, presentation, and dedication of a bridge by the Duke of York, later King of England and grandfather of Queen...

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

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

In the artist's studio, he asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to...

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

The annual championship meeting of England's premier athletics association.

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont...

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.