Departure of Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, NZ, 1st Jan, 1908

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by...

A display of flower bouquets, rotating to show the Kinemacolour process.

Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Edison film studio.

A movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goes to sleep at 10pm.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost...

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.