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These slightly weary-looking soldiers, just back from South Africa, were perhaps only temporarily housed in their Cork barracks before a well-earned...
Regiments Returned from Boer War to Victoria Barracks, Cork
This picture shows a merry laughing mass of humanity enjoying the sights of the amusement section of the Exposition on President's Day, which so...
Midway of Charleston Exposition (South Carolina)
This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions...
Charleston Chain-Gang
Barrels of laughs and sackfuls of fun at a school sports event in Edwardian West Yorkshire.
Day School Sports at Park Avenue, Bradford
Mitchell & Kenyon.
Parade on Morecambe Central Pier
Two rival blacksmiths fight over a woman, using sledgehammers.
Fight with Sledgehammers
This remarkable record of Kunming, regional capital of Yunnan Province, southwest China, was shot by French consul and hobbyist filmmaker Auguste...
Scenes in China
We here introduce for the first time, a sublime religious subject, illustrating one of the best known hymns extant. A beautiful girl is seen clinging...
Rock of Ages
Film of Edward VII's coronation. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".
Edward VII's Coronation
A short film featuring several dancers from different countries: first an Arabian dancer, then an Algerian belly dancer, and finally Scottish...
Dance of Ouled Nail
An epic tour of the places and people of Edwardian Bradford.
Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford
These short scenes were filmed in January 1902 in and around Wexford's Bull Ring market, capturing an array of local characters, including a cheery...
Life in Wexford
This is a short, simple ballet performance. Colors are used here, but the print is quite badly damaged.
Dance of the Sylphs
It's not easy to view these beguiling scenic shots without burdening them with our knowledge of history. The pivotal site of Irish emigration,...
Panorama of Queenstown Harbour
This short film, made by Bamforth of Holmfirth, shows a group of boys sliding in the snow.
Boys Sliding
A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.
Crews Practicing on River Lee at Cork Regatta
A lively crowd surround the camera filming a tram leaving Wigan Market Place.
Living Wigan
The action in Fantasias arabes centers on a parade of men on horseback moving down a street towards the camera.
Fantasias arabes 2. Quadrille à cheval
As well as its extensive railway network, Cork was served by an impressive tramway system, which was just four years old when this film was made. As...
Tram Ride from King Street to Patrick's Bridge, Cork
This film was commissioned by influential fairground showman George Green (one of the first exhibitors to hire Mitchell & Kenyon) for his...
Two-Oared Boat Race, Sundays Well, Cork
One of the most interesting pictures in the series showing how the ice is taken up from the canal by machinery and run into ice houses, each of which...
Circular Panorama of Housing the Ice
Cork Fire Brigade Turning Out