All Films

Target Practice of Atlantic Fleet, U.S. Navy

1912 • 7 min

A propaganda film showing the U.S. Navy doing target practicing.

Onésime Goes to Hell

1912 • 7 min • France

Not having enough money to pay his drink bill, Onésime sells his soul to the Devil.

The Capture of Zuara

1912 • 24 min

The Italian conquest of the city of Zuara, in Lybia, during the Italo-Turkish war, is described through its most important moments: the landing on the coast, the advance of the soldiers in the desert, the raising of the flag, the long march towards the oasis that hides the city, the occupation and the return of the victorious troops.

Polidor contro la suocera

1912 • 8 min

A comedy with Polidor.

Monumental Bologna

1912 • 5 min

A Italian documentary short.

Il biglietto da mille

1912 • 16 min

A film from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.

Una congiura contro Murat

1912 • 31 min

Italian drama about the conspiracy against Murat.

Wide Brimmed Hats Are Fashionable

1912 • 5 min

A Italian comedy with Ernesto Vaser.

At Home in the Water

1912 • 6 min • United States of America

Educational film about the different exercises of which a swimming course for children should consist.

Willie, the Hunter

1912 • 8 min

A comedy about Willem, who goes out hunting; his friends decide to scare a him with a bear suit.

A Factory Drama

1912 • 13 min • France

An early Gaumont short by an unknown director.

The Renegades

1912 • 15 min • United States of America

Short western, in which a hotheaded prospector argues with his wife about her housekeeping skills. She decides to leave him, and travels with a passing prospector who offers to accompany her through the mountains. However, when they are attacked by Indians, they are rescued by her husband. Eventualy the husband is killed in a second attack.

Titanic Disaster

1912 • 8 min

Incredibly fascinating documentary short that is a truly historic film. We see the actual Titanic leaving for its last voyage and also all the aftermath of the tragedy. We get to view various interesting aspects including seeing Captain Smith minutes before the boat sails, the Mary Sculley and the Carpathia in action, the Carpathia returning to the shore with survivors, Captain Rostrum of the Carpathia, family members at the White Star Office in NY waiting for news and even some of the survivors pulled off the lifeboats. Anyone interested in this historic event would certainly find this film fascinating and it's pretty sad and spooky to watch it today.

Deauville-Trouville la plage et le front de la mer

1912 • 2 min • France

Beach and sea views

The Unveiling of the Monument to Ferenz Rakoczy

1912 • 5 min • Hungary

“First” pan in Pannonian Basin and highly likely in the Balkans was created in 1912 by Ernest Bosnjak. The film documented the unveiling of the monument to Ferencz Rákóczi in Sombor and also features a brief tilt shot of the monument itself.

Léontine Keeps House

1912 • 8 min • France

In a last gasp effort to school Titine in domestic labor, her parents entrust her with housesitting. She executes her obligations with catastrophic aplomb, shattering all the dishes in the gesture of cleaning them. She manages to flood and incinerate her entire home simultaneously. In a futile effort to find her baby brother and pet dog, she inherits a horde of stray canines and orphaned babies.

Sunbeam

1912 • 14 min • Italy

A Prince is suffering from winter doldrums; his palace alchemist gives him some magical doodads to ease his distress.

God of Vengeance

1912 • 37 min • Russia

A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.

Les vers marins

1912 • 7 min • France

Cunégonde the Nasty Woman

1912 • 9 min • France

Cunégonde's husband is trying to leave his wife, but Cunégonde does not want to let him go. She catches him with a lasso and hides herself in the chest he has packed with his belongings. Eventually she can not prevent him from getting out.

Cunégonde is Jealous

1912 • 6 min • France

When the husband of Cunégonde dresses up and goes out by himself, he is chased by his jealous wife. However, when he goes into a restaurant, she cannot follow him inside because of her clothes.

Scenes on the Cornish Riviera

1912 • 19 min

The Great Western Railway-sponsored tour of Cornwall, visiting Saltash, Looe, Polperro, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth, The Lizard, Penzance and St Ives, provides an amazing visual record of a long-gone era.

The Secret of House No. 5

1912 • 28 min • Russia

Beach Rats

1912 • 18 min • Germany