The best movies 1901 Pagina 2

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

Shot at the intersection of Holy Corner in Liverpool, this street is a hive of people and traffic. Arguably during the first part of this century...

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

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.

The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the...

Gilbert Saroni impersonates an exceedingly ugly woman who coyly flirts with her fan.

Only part of the film has survived.

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

A splendid subject, showing the champion heavyweight of the world, exercising in his training headquarters. After showing his skill in side-stepping,...

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about...

Panorama of a mountainside railroad and tunnel.

A conjurer vanishes animals then vanishes himself.

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...