“The filmmaker took several different scenes shot earlier between 1896 and 1899 and double-printed two sets of images together to create a new artistic creation. The transformation of a stage dance into a unique ciné-dance could only be possible in cinema - Bruce Posner
this film is a documentary about the trip of Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar to Belgium. In Muzaffar al-Din Shah's travelogue, there is a report that is in fact the same as the text of this film: Today is Eid al-Adha and we were invited to watch. We went to watch. Mr. Ashraf, the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Court were also on the sidewalk. It was a very spectacular holiday. All the carriages were decorated with flowers and the carriages and wheels were filled with flowers, so that the carriages could not be found, and the women in the carriages passed in front of us with bouquets of flowers, and the photographer Bashi was taking cinematographic photos.
This striking film re-stages an episode from the Matabele wars between African natives and British infantry
Pedestrian traffic on a square, somewhere in Tokyo.
During the terrific storm all of the light craft along the dock front was lifted out of the water and washed up into the streets, many of them being carried for miles inland. This subject shows a number of boatmen who have banded together to get their craft back into the water, a panoramic view being taken of the schooner as she glided sideways down the improvised ways, forming a very interesting subject. 60 feet. $9.00.
Shots of waves crashing upon rocks just out of frame.
Trollies, and people taking a stroll on a corner in Paris
Visit of President Émile Loubet and his entourage. Lumière Catalogue #1153.
A highland fling
Short film about the 25th anniversary celebration of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.
Showing the Whilrpool Rapids as they are seen from the front of a car on the Great Gorge Road.
The Prince of Wales reviews Paget's Horse, with black dog following.
Several painters unsuccessfully try to paint something on a canvas. A man enters the scene and with a single brushstroke achieves a huge sign that says: Oliver, Juncal 108.
A woman dancing.
Woman dances with fan
Produced by Casa Lepage, it is the first appearance of tango in the cinema, as it contains brief scenes in which the dancer El Negro Agapito demonstrates figures.
A short film
A ballet teacher trains a invisible group of dancers and gets angry about their incompetence. Early film with sound.
