Las Mejores Películas De 1901

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one bod...

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

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, ...

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

A jovial looking man is seated nearest the window of a restaurant. He has just finished his meal and the waiter brings a glass of beer, and when he places the glass upon the table, lo, a little sailor...

A scene from Charles Dickens Bleak House.

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

A century-old film depicting opium smokers in French Indochina (Vietnam).

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 falls to pieces, disclosing the devil. Juliet, frighten...

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

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

A well-preserved slice of life in Holland, showing people and horse-drawn trolleys in front of the ornamented Maasbrug bridge. Approximately 1901.

Footage of Edward VII in the funeral procession of his mother, Queen Victoria.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternat...

La película muestra a un fotógrafo en acción, pero lo filma de manera extraña, frente a frente, dejando fuera de campo a los personajes que fotografía. El resultado es fascinante, en parte porque el c...

Manchester Band of Hope Procession

Here the yachts are both sailing under a twenty-knot breeze, and the effect is most beautiful as they turn the stake, the Shamrock leading by one-eight of a mile. The sailors working at the ropes make...

Two Boers shoot and rob a sentry.

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

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 perfect and diversified views of the Transportation Bui...

El expresidente Bartolomé Mitre visita el museo acompañado de José Evaristo Uriburu, Guillermo Udaondo, M. Carranza y otras personas, y todos ellos saludan a la cámara con su sombrero.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is ab...

“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are enacted just as they take place in the far away frozen N...

President McKinley taking the Oath.

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the li...

A group of people cross a mountain near Chamonix and are filmed doing so by the Lumière brothers.

A daredevil rides his bicycle down a ramp and attempts to land in a pool of water as a crowd of spectators watches.

This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then o...

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

A group of people exiting an enormous carriage.

An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from the wall, not being able to stand her gaze. Then s...

A magician's hat offers many surprises.

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 and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins....

Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.

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

Cavalry and foot-soldiers escort President McKinley.

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 the street to a house fire. Inside a man sleeps, he...

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a...

A scene from Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing as the train moves.

Early rugby league footage.

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a "little worse for wear." After stretching and yawn...

Shows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and jumps rope on a wheel. A very laughable subject.

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at night. After a great deal of experimenting and patie...

An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the growth of her child enters, places her baby in care...

A well-dressed middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his attentions. But is it all too good to be true?

One long traveling shot through a sea front lined with tourists, workers, and sundry others.

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 making herself look more attractive, and the janitor ...

Single shot of the finish of a rowing race at Henley Regatta.