The best movies 1901

Children hide behind a wall and throw snowballs at passersby. A policeman intervenes to stop the mischief but becomes a target himself.

In the artist's studio, he asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to...

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

A stout, happy German is standing in front of his beer saloon. In front of him is a top hat. When a small boy comes along and starts to kick the hat,...

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the...

Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.

Alpine Series is a collection of scenes taken by Frank Ormiston-Smith in 1901 in the Alps. They were screened in different selections by the Warwich...

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont...

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves.

Only part of the film has survived.

"This film shows the citation, presentation, and dedication of a bridge by the Duke of York, later King of England and grandfather of Queen...

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

First Hungarian film ever made. Considered lost.

The annual championship meeting of England's premier athletics association.

Footage from the dawn of film taken by Mitchell and Kenyon in North England, 1901.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

Black and white argentinian movie from 1901.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1901.

Documentary filmed by Fructuoso Gelabert at the Spanish coast.

Silent short film portraying photographer Pedro Sanquirico.

Short film consisting of 2 reels filmed in front of a painted backdrop. It tells an anecdote by portraying the activity of everyday characters (the...

Silent black and white movie by pioneer of argentine cinema Eugenio Cardini.