Movies

  • 1899
    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    5.8131899HD

    Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

    The Kiss in the Tunnel
  • 1903
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

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    This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch....

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1914
    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    51914HD

    A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

    An Engagement of Convenience
  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    5.9211900HD

    As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

    How It Feels to Be Run Over
  • 1900
    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    6.11900HD

    An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

    Explosion of a Motor Car
  • 1901
    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    31901HD

    An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a...

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder
  • 1905
    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    6.1751905HD

    A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

    Rescued by Rover
  • 1904
    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    5.31904HD

    Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

    A Day in the Hayfields
  • 1914
    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

    01914HD

    A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.

    How Things Do Develop
  • 1922
    A Day with the Gipsies

    A Day with the Gipsies

    A Day with the Gipsies

    01922HD

    A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

    A Day with the Gipsies
  • 1914
    The Basilisk

    The Basilisk

    The Basilisk

    01914HD

    A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are...

    The Basilisk
  • 1902
    Peace with Honour

    Peace with Honour

    Peace with Honour

    01902HD

    Survey of the Boer war with reconstructions and actualities.

    Peace with Honour
  • 1914
    The Magic Glass

    The Magic Glass

    The Magic Glass

    4.51914HD

    A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

    The Magic Glass
  • 1902
    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    5.61902HD

    A policeman is run over by an automobile

    How to Stop a Motor Car
  • 1927
    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

    01927HD

    An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.

    The House of Marney
  • 1919
    Wisp o' the Woods

    Wisp o' the Woods

    Wisp o' the Woods

    01919HD

    A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.

    Wisp o' the Woods
  • 1911
    Coronation of George V

    Coronation of George V

    Coronation of George V

    01911HD

    Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

    Coronation of George V
  • 1923
    Comin' Thro the Rye

    Comin' Thro the Rye

    Comin' Thro the Rye

    01923HD

    A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.

    Comin' Thro the Rye
  • 1911
    Are We Down-Hearted?

    Are We Down-Hearted?

    Are We Down-Hearted?

    41911HD

    Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a...

    Are We Down-Hearted?
  • 1924
    The Coveted Coat

    The Coveted Coat

    The Coveted Coat

    61924HD

    A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.

    The Coveted Coat