British Mutoscope And Biograph Company Movies

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

Royal Navy recruits firing cannons and rifles on board a ship.

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton dock...

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

This 270-degree panorama in England starts on Bristol's iconic suspension bridge - an engineering triumph designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The cam...

Soldiers from the Indian Army march at Hampton Court Palace (London, England) in celebration of the coronation of Edward VII.

View from the train front as it travels through the station in Devon, England.

A member of the Queen's Guards falls for the charms of a young woman. (Viewable at BFI Mediatheque).

A British archaeologist finds an ancient village that opens the door to a story of a Druid Ministre Airell in the time Christ and religious upheaval,...

This British Bioscope short from 1900 is a crackerjack piece, on an order with 1903's FIREBOAT 'NEW YORKER' ANSWERING AN ALARM. It's little more than...

[DUPLICATE of 'After... Circus Carré'.] While he was trying, Dickson made the same sort of movie that others had before him. This is an imitation.of a...

Santa delivers toys to some children, not all of which have been nice. A fairy helps with handing out the presents.

A bunch of naked boys jump and splash in the water right on one of the canals of Venice. There's even the tail end of one of the gondolas to make sure...

London street view

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training

Two shots. In one, groups of people climb up and then slide down a small hill, including pet dogs. In the other shot, people at a public pool take tur...