Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.

A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....

A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.

British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

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...

A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

A policeman is run over by an automobile

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

A girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.

Some gossiping women exaggerate the priest’s gift to a little girl.

Actuality film documenting the funeral of Queen Victoria in February 1901. The footage captures the solemn processions and ceremonies that marked the...

Six scenes: A child knocks clothes into fire; alarm at station; engines emerge; engines rush down street; arrival; fireman breaks through wall and...

A phantom ride.

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

An early example of film nostalgia. This lengthy programme put together by filmmaker Cecil Hepworth, largely from films in his own collection, is a...