As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a…

King Edward VII’s coronation ceremony.

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth…

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant’s mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat,…

As a janitor is cleaning a hotel, he decides to peek through the keyholes to observe some of the guests in their rooms. In room 8, a woman is busy…

A magician’s hat offers many surprises.

One of Alberto Santos Dumont’s dirigibles is led out of a hangar.

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand’s famous play performing a scene from his…

A client has trouble listening to the photographer’s instructions.

Street scene shot from a balloon.

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The rolling movement of…

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A street scene with a government building in the background.

100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests entering a carriage, parade of troops and carriages, Nicholas II and…

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy’s river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four horsemen enter the water in the foreground, each riding his horse as it swims across toward…

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.