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A thief steals an angler's bicycle but being surprised by the police he rides into the water, his pursuers jump in after him, but as they do so, he springs out again on the bicycle, laughs at their discomfiture and rides off.
Staging of a song by Miguel F. López.
Buster Brown plays a practical joke on his mother, persuading her to to put her hands into a pan of lobsters, then puts a bunch of them in his father’s bed. They made two versions of this gag. One where a lobster is pinching his butt, the other not. This one does NOT have a lobster on his backside.
The mistress of a country home is going about inspecting the work done by her servant, when she discovers dust on the railing surrounding the porch, and, calling the servant, she orders the rail cleaned, as it should have been done originally. The servant brings a ladder and, mounting same, proceeds to clean it as she is told. A city dude approaches, and, after passing the time of day with the mistress, makes bold to ask for a kiss, and receives a slap for his pains. He is so startled that he bumps into the ladder on which the servant is working, throwing her to the ground, the ladder falling on top of her. She rises in her wrath and, seizing the bucket of water standing close by, she drenches the dude, spoiling his best Sunday clothes. Still smarting from the pain, she takes his walking stick and pounds him until he runs away. This will make you roar with laughter.
A Postman Picking up Mail
Shows a pilot climbing over the rail and down a rope ladder. A rowboat, pulled by two men, comes alongside. The pilot jumps in and they pull away. (Taken on the midwinter cruise of the S. S. "Prinzessin Victoria Luise" of the Hamburg-American Line.)
A diner revolves the table and eats his neighbour's lunch.
There is painted backdrop with a wooden fence in front of it and three steps leading to a porch. A man seated on the steps is approached by two men, costumed as frock-coated, stovepipe-hatted politicians who ask for and receive money. Soon a person dressed in a tiger skin appears and chases the three men away and then mounts the stairs and acts as if he were monarch of all he surveys.
The tops of some buildings are visible in the background. The camera was elevated several stories above the ground. In the immediate foreground, close to the camera position, is a cable that has been stretched across the amusement park midway from the tops of the buildings. Someone hanging by the teeth from a pulley on the wire approaches the camera and the film ends. Novelty act.
Several balloons in the sky above New York.
A soldier has a very animated chat with a pretty nurse, the little child takes advantage of the opportunity to change their hats. Suddenly the colonel comes up and finds the soldier wearing the maid's hat and she, his helmet.
Old Hymen finds Cupid asleep. He takes advantage of the opportunity and steals his quiver. Very proud of his larceny and relying on this possession to regain his vigorous youth, he calls a young and pretty maid and offers her his love, but she knows better and refuses. The old Hymen soon finds out that his treasure is useless for him without the arrow, as Cupid later explains.
A comic cops and robbers chase, featuring The Omers, a prominent family of acrobats and vaudeville performers known for their high-energy tumbling and "risley" acts (foot-juggling). The Pathé company released two versions of the film, catalogued 647 and 648, one running for 6-7 minutes and the other one reduced to 4. Contemporary releases in the UK called it "The Omers: Up-to-date Burglars" and, in the US, just "Up-to-date Burglars". The title "Modern Burglars" was given recently, therefore, alternative.
A pickpocket is caught in the act, and leads the police on a lengthy chase.
Six scenes: A child knocks clothes into fire; alarm at station; engines emerge; engines rush down street; arrival; fireman breaks through wall and saves child.
Whilst two furniture removers are hard at work, a young cook's apprentice amuses himself by squirting water at them as they pass with a little pump which had been left in the vestibule by the door porter who has fallen asleep behind the door. The workmen wonder where the disagreeable showerbaths are coming from. They did not see the boy at first who had hidden himself behind some flower pots, but they catch sight of the door porter whom they believe to be the guilty person.
The wagon drops of a parcel of mail in the post box which is immediately collected by a gentleman who was clearly waiting stage left for his cue.
The film opens with a man standing at the brow of a hill looking off to his left as a black man pushing a cart passes behind him in the other direction. The man looks and looks. He stands patiently until, from the right of the screen a mail coach appears.
The camera is there on the crowded beach, and curious onlookers stare openly as it pans around them.
The film shows a post office worker inserting mail into pigeon holes.
It shows a postman ascending a flight of half-dozen stairs to the front door of a house and ringing its bell then delivering mail to the person who answers the door.
A very exciting contest between two well known Metropolitan wrestlers. It is full of fast work and scientific wrestling.
A bunch of men strolling across a bridge.
At the end of each season, at popular Atlantic City, New Jersey, a floral parade takes place, composed wholly of children. Thousands of tots are seen walking along the board-walk arrayed in flowers, and the picture is a pleasing sight to see. The value of this film could be enhanced two-fold by coloring.
Shows a number of boys bathing in a fountain on the East Side. While they are at the height of their amusement, which consists of splashing the bystanders and swimming around, a policeman suddenly appears.
Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans Beck's ballet 'The Little Mermaid' (1909) was the inspiration for Edvard Eriksen's statue of the same name (1911). (Stumfilm.DK)
Images of a hunting party with the Swedish King Oscar II, Prince Christian, Prince Gustav, Prince Valdemar and Prince Georg. Hveen is an island in the strait 'Øresund' between Denmark and Sweden. The island was under Danish rule until 1658. It is mainly know as the site where the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made his internationally acclaimed observations in the years 1576-1597.
A horse parade.
A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea wall, nearby garbage scows are unloaded by steam shovel.
It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of the century. Here the cameras - and New York City in 1903 must have been teeming with intrepid cameramen roaming the streets in search of something - anything - to film - capture the work of a few poor souls employed to spread the garbage dumped onto a massive wharf docked by the edge of the (apparently) East River.
A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
As a result of a wrong movement, three persons upset their boat and fall into the water, but they find themselves again in the boat, but quite naked. They call out to their clothes which are in the water, which come to take their place.
Two men do a mixed act of high-bar acrobatics and tumbling, knocking each other down and tumbling on and off stage in this short film from Pathe Freres.
1903 Indian short
“Squirrel in a Cage” shows footage of two squirrels in a small cage.
Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and Outing of the Ski Club.
The films shows the arrival of a group from the British court in Tehran from the streets to the palace, in order to gift the Order of Garter to Mozaffar Ad-Din Shah , on behalf of King Edward VII. At the head of the delegation Lord Lansdowne, Foreign Secretary and Sir Arthur Hardinge, senior council of British Empire can be seen.
Happy Hooligan is thrust into prison, but makes the most of his hardship. He is seen in his cell enjoying a full meal of prison hash.
Film of a royal visit to Ireland, by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Appears on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion"
Siegmund Lubin's 1903 film survives and is the only vestige of Lubin's myriad attempts at coordinating sound and film extant today. With words by Howard Wall and music by Allen May, the song was published in Philadelphia by Joseph Morris. The morality tale of two friends, Kate and Alice, was a perfect vehicle for an illustrated song. Shot in Lubin's glass-enclosed studio atop 912 Arch Street, the film was originally 250 feet. The surviving footage at the Library of Congress contains six shots utilizing four different sets but seems to be missing footage.
Two men spot a couple of dressed mannequins standing outside a tailor shop. As a joke, they move them into a public urinal (vespasienne). One by one, several men appear in need of using the urinal and wait patiently when they see it full, until they finally discover the joke.
Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. The dancers wear rather formal attire, with the men in dark suits and black tie and the women in full-length, high-collared dark dresses; one woman carries a small American flag. As they step in place against a light background, the center male--holding up a top hat and twirling a cane--moves toward the camera and briefly performs some fancy steps. As he moves back, the man at the left end of the line does a quick twirling step and links arms with his partner. The other two dancers also pair off as the center male leads them in a strutting movement around the stage. When they return to the original line, all five step towards the camera with the center man slightly ahead of the others. The film ends just as they stop the cakewalk.
One of many early silent films depicting young black men eating watermelon. This one involves a competition.
A group of people perform local dances and prepare to have lunch outdoors in Playa Ancha.
Women natives of the Danish West Indies are coaling ship with baskets of coal which they carry on their heads. They walk up a long gang plank and dump their loads into a coal chute on the side of the ship. Taken very close and shows the women to good advantage.
Panoramic view of the coal docks with a ship in the background. Shows tourists throwing money on the dock, and a large crowd of men and women fighting like made for it. Shows between 200 and 300 women coaling a ship. (Taken on the midwinter cruise of the S.S. "Prinzessin Victoria Luise" of the Hamburg-American Line.)
This shows an acrobatic team performing on a revolving flying ring unit suspended between the towers at Luna Park.
An amusing picture of a new laugh-raising device at Luna Park.
Steam and sail drifters entering the harbour. The first shot on the Quay shows ranks of drifters, with fisher girls walking arm-in-arm. There are swills (fish baskets) in the background. Other girls are shown knitting as they walk. Men are shown on board a drifter sorting out a catch and there follow scenes of unloading. Girls carry swills and are seen barrelling herring for export. The film finishes with shots of the fisher girls gutting herring.
A lady dances the tango.