1901 Movies

In the background is a row of three-masted sailing ships, at anchor, their sales furled. In the foreground, a simple pier that's more like a yardarm j...

Photographed: August 19, 1901. Location: Broadway and 14th Street, New York, N.Y. Duration: 0:22 at 15 fps. Biograph production no. 2264. Descript...

Thousands of people got together on Easter Monday for the traditional egg rolling.

Evocative film of the passengers and crew of a ship docked at Liverpool.

A pretty and natural picture in which the principal actors are two tiny tots who are evidently not a bit afraid of the briny deep as they splash aroun...

This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil c...

The Pan-American Exposition is encircled by an especially constructed canal, which was put in for the purpose of allowing the tourist to view the exte...

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

Silent film

The scene opens in a beautiful garden scene. St. Elmo appears and proceeds to twist his anatomy into wonderful shapes. Several mysterious changes add...

Hearse bearing the remains of President McKinley on the way to the church, Canton, Ohio. Special Guard of honor.

One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit...

An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.

Shows two lovers in a hammock. Two bad boys appear. One of them climbs into a tree and scrambles out on an overhanging branch, directly over the happy...

A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again a...

Did he bowl or did he throw? A fascinating record of an early cricketing controversy.

An excellent picture secured on the Esplanada of the Pan-American Exposition, showing the live stock exhibitor's exposition of prize winners at the Pa...