سال 1900 - 18

Short film about the 25th anniversary celebration of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.

An advertisement made for Dewar's whisky brand.

Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.

Workers of all ages depart Oldroyd's wool mill – and the filmmakers' camera is a subject of curiosity.

Spanish lost film about Valencian traditions directed by Ángel García Cardona.

Hi-jinx with a clown photographer

A woman dancing.

A magician dressed as Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of people and objects in this short film.

Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 - 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She is seen here performing a traditonal Javanese dance.

A short film

An explosive bit of early war film. These two exciting snippets were potentially part of a much larger action extravaganza. Originating from Alfred West's early blockbuster (two million people had seen it screened at Regent Street - by West's own count), they may have come from a series called 'Our Navy At War'. As the catalogue boasts, "It was shown... before an audience consisting of Naval officers and men from the various ships, who spoke in the highest praise of the truthfulness and realism of the various scenes." These excerpts are perhaps from the film described thus: "There is a terrific explosion. The battle rages in detail."

An astonishing display of synchronised gymnastics. The looping, synchronised vaults on display here are truly mesmerising - thanks both to the skill of the gymnasts and the shrewd positioning of the camera. Military and athletic displays were a popular subject for film from its earliest days, and this demonstration works as visual spectacle and study of movement.

Mitchell & Kenyon.

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water feet first and their clothes fly back on their bodies.

Well did you ever? Two women share juicy stories, and enjoyably shocked reaction, over tea.

It is worthy of note that the film can be watched in a shorter amount of time than it takes to to say the film's title.