1901 Movies

A striking panorama of the Peak District town and its magnificent Georgian Crescent.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

Hearse bearing the remains of President McKinley on the way to the church, Canton, Ohio. Special Guard of honor.

Some factories are so much the centre of their town that they begin to define it. 'Pilks' wasn't yet the industrial giant it would become, but it was big enough that Mitchell and Kenyon's cameraman needed several different positions to capture just some of its...

This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil containing the gold into the sluice boxes, where the water, rushing at a rapid rate, carries away the dirt and...

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

As a young woman is entertaining her lover in the living room, she hears what she thinks is her father coming and urges the young man to hide in the coal box. However, it's the coal man, who comes in and empties a bag of coal on top of the unfortunate young ma...

Mitchell & Kenyon.

A short film focusing on the renovation of a Parsi fire temple. It reflects Bhatavdekar's interest in documenting cultural and religious practices.

Silent Film

This picture was photographed immediately after the shooting, and shows the intense excitement of the people...

A panoramic view taken from Young's Pier, showing the boardwalk, the auditorium pier, new steel pier...

A man sees his head go from bald to full of long, luxurious hair in this delightful trick film.

One long traveling shot through a sea front lined with tourists, workers, and sundry others.

Shows the streets of Norwich filmed from the upper storey of a moving tram in 1901.

A less-than-serious Leeds team take a four-goals-and-two-tries battering from Hunslet.

Studies on human pathological locomotion.

Batley go down to Lancashire rivals Salford in the very first season of the Northern Rugby League.

Before the rise of trade unions and the arrival of the welfare state, membership of a mutual Friendly Society, such as the Oddfellows, provided some protection for families against illness and injury. The bowler-hatted and sash-wearing members of the St Helens...

Mitchell and Kenyon's gorgeous film of Dumfries schoolchildren. The filmmaking duo specialized in filming crowds and then encouraging them to come and see themselves on film at their local fairground.