The Station

With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turbans set up a wooden gangway. Thanks to a rope and...

The film begins with a shot of Wilbur Wright starting the engine; an unidentified assistant (quite likely his brother, Orville) is seen at the front...

Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.

In a square, among the passers-by, three men are cutting and carrying away firewood.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic at the entrance of a bridge.

A crowd of young children dance around.

Cuirassiers approach at a gallop and, having arrived near the officers, lash the air with their sabers and scatter in all directions.

A horse-drawn carriage stops in front of a villa. The residents greet the newcomers, as the coach driver unloads baggages.

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.

A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and...

Serpentine dance.