The best movies 1901 Pagina 15

A striking panorama of the Peak District town and its magnificent Georgian Crescent.

With the exception of this film there are absolutely no genuine moving picture films representing genuine prize fights on the market. The prize fight...

An adaptation of the biblical story.

These mesmerising scenes were captured outside soap and chemical manufacturers William M. Gossage and Sons. Located on the west Bank of the St...

President McKinley Inauguration

Some factories are so much the centre of their town that they begin to define it. 'Pilks' wasn't yet the industrial giant it would become, but it was...

A panoramic view taken from Young's Pier, showing the boardwalk, the auditorium pier, new steel pier...

Likely a popular routine from Percy Honri's musical theatre show. His face is seen poking through a blackout curtain, made up as the man in the moon....

This parade took place on 16 November 1901. It preceded a series of races over a one mile stretch of the Boulevard. The fastest car did a "memorable...

Presentation of civic dignitaries to Queen Elizabeth in Dublin.

A man tries to shoot himself but drinks whisky instead. Edison would remake this film in 1902 twice as The Burlesque Suicide.

The evolution of Rugby League in a top of the table match between rival Lancashire clubs.

A crowd of young boys scampers past, mildly shepherded by female teachers. Some more tightly marshalled older groups follow behind, while pairs of...

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York travelled to New Zealand in 1901 to thank New Zealanders for their contribution to the Boer War. Only a...

On the theater stage, a magician makes appear and disappear his partners

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Silent short film portraying photographer Pedro Sanquirico.

The camera was positioned on the edge of a large public swimming pool. Many children jump in the water from the edge of the pool opposite the camera...

Single shot of the finish of a rowing race at Henley Regatta.

At a building being constructed at Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, a boom or crane from which a platform is suspended on a cable first pulls...

A panoramic view taken from Young's Pier, showing the boardwalk, the auditorium pier, new steel pier...

This is an extraordinary window on to the heart of cosmopolitan Shanghai, over a hundred years ago, featuring a Nanjing Road bustling with crowds of...