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Two men pull a practical prank on two victims.

Soldiers take turns performing a vaulting exercise which consists of standing on a horse.

A wedding party leave church in this Lumière brothers' short film.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--be...

Belfast firefighters demonstrate a ladder.

Officers and soldiers, followed by a military band, parade in front of decorated grandstands.

The film had a skirmish to Firefighters from Havana pulling guard barracks pump, reel and carriage for help, two staircases and fire rising up to the...