Most Viewed Year 1901 - 6

James J. Jeffries throwing the medicine ball. An absolutely perfect picture of the champion heavyweight of the world.

This clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built...

Early footage of the Lucania passenger liner.

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about...

In the background is a row of three-masted sailing ships, at anchor, their sales furled. In the foreground, a simple pier that's more like a yardarm...

Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some...

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome....

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

Troops play up for the camera in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Persons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this...

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

One of the first ever films Mirza Ebrahim Khan made in Iran, shows the servants of the Shah crossing a river (probably Jajrood river) with horses and...

Film produced by the Warwick Trading Company.

Troops parade past the camera.

Photographed: August 19, 1901. Location: Broadway and 14th Street, New York, N.Y. Duration: 0:22 at 15 fps. Biograph production no. 2264. ...

Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.

“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...

Edwardian cycling competition.