The Black Imp 1905
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.
A portrait of the Dam family.
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.
A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.
A trick film using the reverse effect.
The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
A partially nude woman fixes and brushes her hair.
Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.
A woman sneaks up behind a seated couple, stabs the woman in the back, and makes an escape.
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly scholars) encounter skeletons, fire-breathing lizards, and mirages on their journey through the lower world.
A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Although she is filmed in a long shot, her feet are cut off in the frame. She opens with a flourish of her arms and faces the camera. First stretching up with her arms, Latina then bends in half at the waist, steps into a metal ring or hoop, and places her head in the ring as well.
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.