Most Viewed Year 1901

A street level view from the sidewalk, looking along the length of 23rd Street. Following actuality footage of pedestrians and street traffic, the...

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

President McKinley taking the Oath.

A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a...

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera...

Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with...

Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't...

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down...

A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most...

Cavalry and foot-soldiers escort President McKinley.

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.