It is worthy of note that the film can be watched in a shorter amount of time than it takes to to say the film's title.
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it." -Edison film catalog.
People riding on a moving platform / walkway.
Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.
A woman and her dog have an accident.
Visitors walk the gardens of Champ-de-Mars.
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
First of a series of films showing visitors to the Paris Exposition 1900 standing on a mobile wooden platform.
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.
Marquesas in their sedan chairs.
People gather at the exit of the St. Trophime cathedral in Arles.
George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.
Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.
