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A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
The Magician's Cavern
1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
Lake Front of Lucerne
“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
A fine picture of the champion and his brother in a very lively one-round sparring bout. The muscles of the champion are shown to excellent...
Jeffries Sparring with His Brother
Released in 1901.
Torrents of the Schellenen Gorge
Documentary filmed by Fructuoso Gelabert at the Spanish coast.
Breakwater and the Visit of the English Squadron
A magician's hat offers many surprises.
Hat of Many Surprises
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
A conjurer vanishes animals then vanishes himself.
The Magic Extinguisher
Approaching Weggis by Steamer
Shot against a painted backdrop of river with town on other bank & mountains behind. Throwing medicine ball while group of men watch, at least one...
Jeffries in His Training Quarters
A short film depicting a dramatized scene from the Boer War, produced by the Lancashire company Mitchell and Kenyon. The film portrays the rescue of...
Hands Off the Flag
To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...
An Idyll Under a Tunnel
We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros....
Day at the Circus
Released in 1901
Tell's Monument and Panorama
Early Gaumont dance film frequently attributed, but not confirmed, to Alice Guy. A young Basque man and his companion sketch various Basque dance...
Danse basque
As young man stands on a corner talking to a pretty girl, a second man joins them. He notices what appears to be a string or thread on the young...
A Little Piece of String
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...
Liverpool Street Scenes
Pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the street.
Rue de France
Panorama of Schillerstein
"A series of films taken during a difficult and dangerous ascent of the Jungfrau;, showing views of the climbers at an height of over 13,000 feet....
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Two bumpkins in tattered clothes stand in the first row of a theater during a stage performance or a movie. One of them waves his arms, eats an...
Rubes in the Theatre
