Pathe Freres Movies

2 men battle over a woman

The daring skeleton-sledding racers along the now-legendary Cresta Run at St. Moritz took their lives into their own hands as they attempted to race t...

The film depict elephants hard at work, moving logs and performing other back-breaking labor under the watchful eyes of their handlers.

Depicts the chaos at a circus following an ape’s untimely escape.

Long shots of men and women coasting (and occasionally tumbling) down the slopes in small groups, followed by a number of skiers launching themselves...

Jane has been elected the president of the Union of Cooks and Housemaids, and has just signed a resolution to improve their working conditions. Return...

A sympathetic story of a moral dilemma set at the turn of the 19th century. A Frenchman joins the Chouannerie – a Royalist uprising in opposition to t...

This dynamic actuality film documents the hunting of a boar from the first bugle call to the distribution of the spoils.

Hoping to get the medication needed to save her dying husband, an old woman tries to borrow money, only to be turned away.

This remarkable ape, extraordinarily human-like in its manners and ways, gives a splendid exhibition. When first seen Adam appears to be in a rather m...

The action in Fantasias arabes centers on a parade of men on horseback moving down a street towards the camera.

Views include the bridge of Kassir-el-Nil, the Sphinx, the Pyramids approached by train, and the Nile.

This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”, “The Camp at Flanders”, “L...

Misfortunes of a jacket.

The pictures show a thin stream of water rising in the air and supporting a hollow ball, made of glass or thin celluloid. We see such balls dancing on...

This short subject features a baby splashing in a tin bath, obviously enjoying making a mess. As the baby plays, a woman's torso is seen moving in the...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various hairstyles...

Comedy ensues when two men accidentally swap hats at the barber's. After discovering the mix-up, the first man to leave returns to the shop to correct...

Pictures of travel in such places as the Orient and the black continent are always sure to be interesting, for not many of us have sojourned in these...