1901 Movies

A temperance society decries the demon drink on the streets of Edwardian Manchester.

First comes the Chief's sleigh with old-fashioned side runners, containing the Chief and his driver. Next comes a chemical engine mounted on a stout double runner sled, which is followed closely by hose carriage apparatus mounted also on double runner sleds. N...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

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, the German grabs him and explains the trick to him. Just then Happy Hooligan appears and draws back his foot t...

Released in 1901

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

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the street.

Bathing Danish beauties.

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder.

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about stencil colouring at http://zauberklang.ch/filmcolors/timeline-entry/1218/.

Original President McKinley Inauguration Footage from 1901.

“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are enacted just as they take place in the far away frozen North. In this subject we depict a large number of Esquimaux...

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short summer.” (E...

We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros. combined four-ring circus. We begin by showing the complete circus parade as it takes place in the street. The fi...

Released in 1901

Two bumpkins in tattered clothes stand in the first row of a theater during a stage performance or a movie. One of them waves his arms, eats an apple, and roars with laughter, much to the amusement of the more refined patrons around him.