Early Cinema Movies

  • 1902
    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

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    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

    A Trip to the Moon
  • 1896
    The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

    The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

    The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

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    A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

    The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
  • 1895
    Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

    Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

    Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

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    Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as...

    Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
  • 1896
    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.4521896HD

    In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

    The Haunted Castle
  • 1900
    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

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    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

    Joan of Arc
  • 2011
    The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    7.7652011HD

    An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

    The Extraordinary Voyage
  • 1903
    The Sick Kitten

    The Sick Kitten

    The Sick Kitten

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    A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...

    The Sick Kitten
  • 1994
    Midnight Ramble

    Midnight Ramble

    Midnight Ramble

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    A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early years of the industry and Oscar Micheaux's...

    Midnight Ramble
  • 1979
    Cinema in Russia

    Cinema in Russia

    Cinema in Russia

    41979HD

    Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of...

    Cinema in Russia
  • 2021
    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    7.32021HD

    Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly...

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
  • 1894
    Children Playing in the Garden

    Children Playing in the Garden

    Children Playing in the Garden

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    A group of children is playing in the garden.

    Children Playing in the Garden
  • 1897
    Fun on the Clothesline

    Fun on the Clothesline

    Fun on the Clothesline

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    A 19th century wire-walker performs his stage act on a woman's clothesline. An early comedy by pioneer director Robert W. Paul.

    Fun on the Clothesline
  • 1968
    The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

    The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

    The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

    01968HD

    Part 1 of the History of Australian Cinema series. Australian cinema from the very beginning, from the newsreels, ethnographic and actuality films,...

    The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920
  • 1897
    Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope

    Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope

    Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope

    41897HD

    This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss...

    Interview Between Napoleon and the Pope
  • 1934
    Love, Cherish, Respect

    Love, Cherish, Respect

    Love, Cherish, Respect

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    Pharmacy trainee Władzio (Eugeniusz Bodo) is a shy young man with a good heart, in love with lovely Loda (Loda Halama).

    Love, Cherish, Respect
  • 1909
    The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas

    The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas

    The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas

    3.1671909HD

    The first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Díaz on 16 October 1909, in El...

    The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
  • 1970
    Spinning

    Spinning

    Spinning

    01970HD

    Spinning
  • 2019
    Victoria in Winter

    Victoria in Winter

    Victoria in Winter

    02019HD

    A documentary in réalité style harkening back to the early years of cinema. Composed of scenes around Victoria, BC during February 2019.

    Victoria in Winter
  • 1959
    Актёр Николай Черкасов

    Актёр Николай Черкасов

    Актёр Николай Черкасов

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    Актёр Николай Черкасов