Anno 1898

An adaptation of the folk tale.

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

Pedestrian and rickshaws traffic on Shijo Kobashi bridge, in Kyoto.

The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Georges Hatot.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice Guy or Georges Hatot.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Passage of a Shintoist procession, whose members carry banners and lanterns, somewhere in Kyoto.

An oddly routed parade.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back down on a parallel track.