All Films

Glimpses in Colour from the Whole World - In the Gorse of Vadar

1916 • 4 min

Dans les ajoncs du Vardar": French boat patrol on the river Vardar during the First World War, setting up a defense post on an old bridge.

The Ravages of the Spring Flood in Norrland in 1916

1916 • 20 min • Sweden

Floods at Storforsen and Gästrikland in the "Northland."

Comical entrance of Pelle Jöns in Circus Fjollinski

1916 • 5 min • Sweden

Pelle Jöns does tricks as a snake person, swallows a sword and attempts to swallow a canon.

Circus Fjollinski

1916 • 7 min • Sweden

The Circus-director is trying to make Pelle Jöns stop smoking. After making the director disappear in a smoke cloud, Pelle Jöns draws a women who comes to life and starts doing tricks with a horse.

Devonshire Hospital Buxton

1916 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.

Baldy Is A Cameraman

1916 • 3 min • Russia

The bald man becomes a cameraman for a newsreel.

Baldy Is in Love With A Dancer

1916 • 5 min • Russia

One of the episodes about the adventures of Baldy, played by French comedian Rober Reinolds

The Destroyers of Our Gardens

1916 • 5 min • France

"Colorful, educational, and visually playful, Les Destructeurs de nos jardins [The Destroyers of Our Gardens] was first released in France in March 1916, and months later distributed in the United States under the considerably tamer title, The Caterpillar. Emblematic of Pathé Frères’ robust program of documentary shorts, Les Destructeurs uses macro photography to great effect, granting intimate access to the hidden world of caterpillar feeding habits: in up-close, textural detail, several species of the titular insect crawl and cavort atop mountainous leaf ridges and tree-trunk plant stems." — Kirk McDowell

Nugget Jim's Pardner

1916 • 22 min • United States of America

Nugget Jim's pardner (Borzage), is an easy-come-easy-go character, an heirling who has worn through the last of pater's patience, eaten through his allowance of allowances. Off he pops, after one last drunken hurrah, to makes his living way out west. He teams up with a prospector and his daughter and they develop a happy family situation.

Captain Grogg's Wonderful Journey

1916 • 8 min • Sweden

Kapten Groggs and his companion Kalle sail to foreign shores, encountering wild animals, stormy weather, and friendly villains.

Two People

1916 • 49 min • Denmark

Money trouble forces Henry de Santos to marry the bankier's daughter, Rosa, even though his heart belongs to the flower girl, Carmian. He cares for Rosa, but he can't forget Carmian, and when they meet again years later, there is no doubt. Rosa overhears her husband declare his love for Carmian, whereafter Henry decides to leave the mess behind and earn a living as a cowboy in America. When Carmian, who is now a famous singer, travels through Henry's new home town on a concert tour, their paths cross again. But will they ever meet? (stumfilm.dk)

Krazy and Ignatz Discuss the Letter 'G'

1916 • 4 min • United States of America

The setting has Krazy doing the serving and the cooking at a diner, flipping pan-cakes as Ignatz enters to ask for "goose giblets 'n gravy." This leads Krazy to show off some of his characteristic fascination with "woids;" while proceeding to fix the meal of his "dolink," he points out how many names that begin with the letter - oh yes you guessed it - "G."

L'assassino del corriere di Lione

1916 • 55 min

A crime adventure of mistaken identity.

The Body in the Water

1916 • 37 min • Denmark

A love drama unfolds in the Norwegian mountains. Hans and Ellen are engaged, much to the chagrin of Jens, who secretly pines for Ellen. Jens eventually assaults Ellen, and the two rivals get into a fight. When some time later a dead man washes up by the water’s edge, Jens hatches a diabolical plan to get Hans out of the way. Stumfilm.dk

Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky

1916 • 6 min • United States of America

Scenic wonders of Lake Tahoe in summer and winter.

Deschutes Driftwood

1916 • 10 min • United States of America

A "scenic picture from a hobo's point of view".

Beauty Spots in America: Castle Hot Springs, Arizona

1916 • 7 min

Beauty Spots in America: Castle Hot Springs, Arizona (1916), a promotional film for a spa for the rich and famous.

Little Kalle's Dream of His Snowman

1916 • 4 min • Sweden

Kalle is sleeping when the snowman enters his room and starts melting.

Everyman

1916 • 25 min • Austria, Germany

Based on several medieval mystery plays, including the late 15th-century English morality play "Everyman". The premise is that the good and evil deeds of one's life will be tallied by God after death, as in a ledger book. The drama is the allegorical accounting of the life of Everyman, who represents all mankind.

Vernietiging Britse schepen

1916 • 12 min

Short war reportage about the German naval ship 'Möwe'. This ship holds up British ships, takes the crew aboard and destroys the vessels. Also ships from neutral countries are treated in this way. -EYE Filmmuseum

Down the Danube to Vienna

1916 • 4 min • United States of America

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This Burton Holmes travelogue hints at it.

Leap Year

1916 • 6 min

Animated Short

Hotel Electric

1916 • 9 min • Denmark

Mr Petterson arrives at Hotel Electric, only to be met with one surprise after another. From clothes hanging themselves up, to people who keep ending up in the wrong rooms entirely. However, with help from the hotel manager, order is eventually restored. (stumfilm.dk)

A Romance of Billy Goat Hill

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

In a Southern town, Don Morley is apparently the sole witness to a gunfight during which his friend, Lee Dillingham, badly wounds Sheely. To avoid testifying against Lee, Don leaves town, but after he is gone, Lee double-crosses Don and blames him for the shooting. Then, Don's sweetheart, Miss Lady, heartbroken to learn that Don is a criminal, marries the elderly Professor Querrington. To take her mind off her mundane marriage, Miss Lady befriends a mute boy and pays for an operation that restores his speech. The professor dies, and soon after Don, unaware of his alleged guilt, returns to town to find himself charged with Lee's crime.