Cinematic Era: 1912 Vintage

A boat trip on the Saga to Vaxholm, Dalarö and Runö (Sweden, now Estonia).

The otherwise peaceful cowboy Bill gets into a duel with a prospector and hits him deadly. The border police arrest him and Bill is sentenced to death. As a last favor, he asks permission to say goodbye to his old mother. His friend Harry offers himself as a hostage to guarantee Bill's return. Harry will be shot in Bill's place if Bill does not return within three days. But on his way back Bill falls from his horse and has to walk. As a result, time passes and Bills absence endangers Harry's life. Eventually Bill is back just in time. The commander of the police is amazed by such a true friendship and gives Bill amnesty.

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

A maid accidentally switches gift boxes causing untold havoc in a household.

Airplane takeoff, flight and landing.

Compilation of footage about daily life in the Ottoman Empire and various sights in the capital Istanbul. Shots include an outdoor barber shop, port ‘The Golden Horn’ and sailing ships on the Bosphorus.

Film on the story of the cat-monster "Hana Saga Nekomata Zoshi".

Based on the 1827 kabuki play Okazaki No Neko, in which a band of wanderers along the Tokaido Road are assailed by a demonic cat-witch, possessed by the spirit of the Cat-Stone.

A Savoyard peasant family is banished from their home because they have not paid their taxes on time. When the count sees the family’s beautiful daughter Annette, he immediately suggests that they can stay if Annette comes to the estate as a housemaid. Plainly seeing the count’s disgraceful plans for what they are, the father, Antonio, resolutely rejects the offer. To raise money, Annette, her brother and a friend travel instead to Paris where Annette meets and falls in love with the count’s son Henry. When Annette’s father sets out to Paris to fetch the children home to his sick wife, he is horrified at the sight of his daughter’s newfound wealth. Has she sold herself for mere money? (Stumfilm.dk)

Since 1894, Sarah Bernhardt has a habit of coming to rest at his home in Belle-Ile-en-Mer, the Tip of the Foals. Surrounded by these prestigious guests, friends, it organizes picnics and walks in the caves, addicted to game of tennis or picking flowers, doing sculpture. Sensitive to the difficulties of Bellilois, the actress has funded a bakery co-op. To thank him for his generosity, the fishermen needy organize every year a feast.

The first Ukrainian feature film. Considered lost.

Newsreel depicting the horse race at Banjica, Serbia, in August 1911.

A newsreel on the Cebu Disaster.

French comedy short

A biopic about three Filipino Catholic priests, Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, commonly known as Gomburza.

Based on Edward Gross’ 1905 stage play. It begins with a view of the Philippines prior to Rizal’s birth and traces his career in Europe, his exile in Dapitan, his imprisonment in Fort Santiago and his martyrdom at Bagumbayan.

The story concerns the love of Henry Little for Grace Carden and its reciprocal sentiment, with the time-honored interference of those who attempt to arrange the affairs of Cupid to suit social exigencies.

The banker's motto was "Everyone for himself, and me first." The girl believed in aiding the poor, and that wealth carried with it an obligation to be useful. The father admired his beautiful daughter, even though he did not understand her. She loved him and hoped some day to bring him to a realization of his duty toward the helpless and friendless. Before this happened, the clash came.

Onésime, a journalist short on subjects, is he ready to trigger an event in order to write a good story?

Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film

Roman citizens celebrate their leader, Appius Claudius. However, Dentatus, an old general, expresses scorn for Appius's inexperience. The citizens attempt to attack Dentatus but a young Roman, Icilius, intervenes to save him.

A pasha invites a photographer to his harem. A belly dancer performs for him, and then seduces him, getting him into trouble There are two versions of this film, one with a fully clothed dancer, and a second where she is scantily dressed.

An honest city purchasing agent accepts a bribe in order to support his wife's extravagance.

A 1912 remake of a 1904 movie for the Pathé KOK 28mm film format, "No More Bald Men" presents a bald men who seems to have found a solution to his problem of baldness.

Shree Pundalik, which is recognised as the first feature-length Indian film. Shree Pundalik was about the Hindu saint Pudalik is based on a Marathi play by Ramrao Kirtikar. The entire 'film' is 'played' out on Grant Road, Bombay.

Flippie Brom is saved when he wants to commit suicide. He is given an umbrella and money. He is so grateful to the donor that he follows him - to great annoyance of the donor. To get rid of Flippie, the donor even tries to drown him. Finally Flippie is run over and loses his lower legs. The donor runs away with the lower legs. But even crawling, Flippie finds him again.

Silent film.

Silent film.

La Fureur de Mme. Plumette (1912) opens with a sight gag about menstruation but unfolds as a hilarious celebration of unrepressed female anger.

Documentary dedicated to the artillery supplied to the Italian troops in Africa.

Episode of the series produced by Comerio dedicated to the Italo-Turkish war. It features the departure of Lt. Paolo Solaroli’s body from Africa to Italy.

A short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020

A self-centred wealthy woman is transformed after she is confronted with the harsh reality of the living conditions endured by the employees of her husband's mill.

Compilation film.

A short film about a circus disaster produced by Charles Magnusson at Svenska Bio in 1912.

Pascual Orozco's revolutionary struggle in northern Mexico.

Short comedy with Fricot. He is in love with the foster daughter of a certain Ducormaid, but this guardian does not approve of their love. Fricot dresses up as a woman and gets a job as the guardian's maid, but then the guardian falls in love with Fricot.

Purzel wants to be a tennis pro and practises at home. But everything starts rotating, and Purzel spins until he is completely dizzy.

Comedy short.

The Dytiscus is a species of the water beetle and they are abundant in stagnant water. The pictures give an unusually accurate idea of the development of this carnivorous insect. These scientific subjects are difficult to make, owing to the details necessary and this particular film contains a struggle between a Tripon which has been caught in the jaws of the Dytiscus for which the camera man had to wait a number of days before the exact situations desired could be secured.

Two thugs conk the proprietor of a bistro on the head and drag him downstairs to the cellar where he stores his wine. While they plot the next step of whatever they are doing, two gendarmes come in to finish their meal. Running short of wine, one heads down to the cellar.

Ernest Servaes and his wife leave their apartment, hoping to have a peaceful picnic in the green suburbs. However, they miss the train. Then the carriage they take turns upside down. Then footballers tromp over their picnic cloth.

Oath Taking of Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde, June 18, 1912.

Funeral Procession of Grand Duke Guillaume IV.

Fashion subject in Chronochrome

Venice, Queen of the Adriatic

Venetian Glassware