Cinematic Era: 1916 Vintage

A native man encounters a dog outside his house.

Leontarius was a false warrior who boasted of his fantastic exploits; a false maniac who feared his own shadow. An offshoot of this character is the word "lionism", which is still used today.

A Paramount-Bray Cartoon.

British crime horror movie from 1916.

Mr Holm, an umbrella manufacturer, is haunted by the name ‘Bech’, which he suddenly appears everywhere in his home. Holm is convinced that Bech – the famous theatre actor – is courting his wife. In fact, he is almost right. The actor Bech fancies the employee in Holm’s umbrella shop. But the confusion does not end here: Holm’s maid is also in love with a man called Bech – the local butcher’s apprentice. Will Holm figure it all out? (Stumfilm.dk)

A Krazy Kat cartoon.

A silent cartoon with Charlie Chaplin.

An early Mutt and Jeff cartoon.

Silent Cartoon

American heiress Jennie Leslie, the Honorable Cecil Winthrope, and the alcoholic Thomas Blake are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. At first, Jennie sticks close to Cecil, preferring his upper-class British breeding to Thomas' man-of-the-people approach.

Brakeman Jack Foster is the hero of the story. A happily married father of two, his lack of caution while following his dangerous calling is a constant source of worry to his wife and to his close friend conductor Jim Stevens. Jim trying to point out the risks Jack is continually running tells him stories about what leads to a wreck, how the brakeman lost his leg, another man an eye, and how a third man was knocked from the roof of a boxcar when making a coupling. Lesson learned Jack becomes a model of caution and efficiency.

A comedy involving tiger skins.

Red Stanley's band has successfully robbed the express car and the members are making good their escape when they come upon Helen and her girl chum riding in the woods. The girls are set upon but they succeed by desperate riding in making their escape temporarily and, when danger seems near again, are saved by the approaching railroad detectives searching for the Stanley band. A running fight results in the capture of one of the band, but Stanley and his chief aide escape. Under cover of darkness, as Helen is working alone in the desolate station, the two enter and bind and gag her.

Early claymation from a series called Miracles in Mud with caricatures of well-known people.

'Sailor's parrot gets soot on maid's pillow and she is accused of flirting with sweep.' (British Film Catalogue)

Travelogue about the island of Hawaii.

An animated short about an expedition by airship to the north pole

On the plot of a popular folk song. The movie is preserved without inscriptions.

Jack Langdon is sent by a San Francisco company to manage its Santa Clara mine in Peru. Gov. Juan Maria Barada, who disputes the American claim to the mine, means to gain possession of it through intimidation. Barada has his henchman, Miguel Alba, try to bribe and then attempt to kill Langdon, who plans to inform his superiors about the plot.

A 1916 french silent film.

Depicts a fictitious German invasion of Canada .

A Short Comedy

Fashion newsreel

A document of daily life in a Bororo tribe in western Brazil, including the different phases of their funeral rites.

Mailman Pete has a most curious dilemma. While strolling down the street he comes upon a tiger tied to a lamppost!

A crime adventure of mistaken identity.

Documentary about letters carried by doves.

The wild peasant lad, Göndör Sándor, loves Bátki Tercsi, but the heart of the girl burns for the son of the mayor, Feledi Lajos. He is frantic with despair, and Finum Rózsi who is hopelessly in love with Sándor tries to calm him down in vain.

A Italian documentary short from 1916.

Theatre and Cinema Company.

An ice-covered building in Montreal is on fire, and firemen battle two extremes.

Funeral procession of unidentified officer in Royal Navy.

This film shows the funeral procession of a New Zealand soldier during World War One. Both the location and the date it took place is unknown as is the soldier’s identity.

Mother Katrina visits Halmstad with her two daughters and the farmhand Jöns.

It is decided that Prince Albert of Valencia and Princess Irma of Aquitanien should be married, and in order to get to know his future wife better, the prince assumes a false identity and is hired as the princess' secretary.

The dedication of the Breitenbach Bridge on December 19, 1916.

A film following the journey of a whaling ship to the Scottish island of Rona, and its return to the whaling station on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

1916 travelogue.

A peek into the Bavarian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a treasure trove of medieval beauty.

Images from old Aleppo.

Carmela becomes the obsession of the young Count Luigi, heir to the recently deceased's estate, who moves into the decrepit villa nearby. The count is an inveterate womanizer and ends up snatching Carmela from her boyfriend, deceiving her with his lies. Wounded in a duel over another woman, the nobleman is assisted night and day by Carmela, who witnesses a number of moments of delirium in which the man accuses the butler, Giangrande, of an unspecified blunder.

A Krazy Kat comedy with Ignats and a few accessories such as a piece of cheese and a sheet of fly-paper.

A Krazy Kat short.

The authors of the movie are unknown. The movie features Russian figure skating champion N. Adrianov.