Most Viewed From British Mutoscope and Biograph Company

A bunch of naked boys jump and splash in the water right on one of the canals of Venice. There's even the tail end of one of the gondolas to make...

Men run a training course

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and...

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont...

An advertisement made for Dewar's whisky brand.

This advertisement shows a happy woman with her bicycle. A man rides up, sweaty from exertion, for his bike is much heavier than the woman's superior...

A member of the Queen's Guards falls for the charms of a young woman. (Viewable at BFI Mediatheque).

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was...

View from the train front as it travels west through the station, Wales, UK. River Dee is on the left.

During Queen Vilhelminas coronation.

Parade of guards during Queen Wilhelminas coronation.

A parade in the Vatican.