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Joy abounds in the little workers’ home when the three daughters of the family all come home wearing an engagement ring. When the sons-in-law come to visit, one in particular stands out. The merchant Black is wealthy and wears fine clothes, but the labourer family is quite unimpressed by that. They tease him for his airs and graces, eventually prompting him to take his fiancée by the hand and hurry out of the – in his eyes – wretched home. As time goes on, however, it turns out that pride comes before a fall. (stumfilm.dk)

Little more than a minute of this travelogue survives. What does seems to be rural spots, including bridges, a bit of forest and a hot spring.

Léontine is sent airborne by too many helium balloons and takes a catastrophic joyride across town, while her parents and the townsfolk frantically chase after her. Her journey is depicted with dazzling aerial views.

This early Gaumont sound film features the mythical Gambrinus singing in a rambunctious Medival pub.

A man leaves his wife, along with his daughter dressed in boys clothing.

Eva is dispossessed but everything magically returns to her.

Maurice Schwartz is a hurdy-gurdy man, a player of what is essentially a giant music box who sets up in public places, plays his tune, and is rewarded with small change. In this case, he approaches a man who gives him a large bill to essentially go away. However, Schwartz figures he is paid to play music, and he's going to play his music for the man, pursuing him through a number of increasingly bizarre situations to give him his money's worth.

During the Battle of Custoza (1848), a platoon of Piedmontese soldiers has barricaded itself in a secluded house, surrounded by the Austrian enemies. The captain commits his destiny and the one of his soldiers to the young tambourinist, a Sardinian child animated by an overwhelming patriotic spirit.

Recordings of a mountain valley in the Black Forest region of Germany, including waterfalls, farms, plows, herding goats, grazing herd; Sankt Blasien.

Documentary of the Swedish city.

A man checks into room 32 at a hotel. He takes a writing desk from against the wall, and leaves. A woman comes to the hotel and takes room 31, right next to him.

The protagonist of this brilliant little film is a good bourgeois man of the early 20th century and a proud representative of the many “moralizers” of Italian history. A letter from the Society for Morals unleashes his puritanical ardour: what can he do to “energetically counter” the proliferation of works of art that harm the public’s delicate sense of decency?

Dick Thompson sends his son Jack to a ranch out west to learn how to be a ranchman under the tutelage of his old friend Tom. Dick learns the ways of ranching through protecting the cattle and himself from rustlers.

Pathé Frères short showing the manufacturing process of artificial flowers and their various uses.

Pochoir-tinted view of the Niagara Falls. From the Guerra Zacarías collection.

This most interesting picture shows how the experienced horticulturist cultivates his dahlias and it tells its story so plainly that any one after seeing the picture should have no excuse for the raising of poor flowers of this kind. The dahlia is undoubtedly one of the garden beauties, and such a film as this ought to stimulate the interest of the community, and result in your home town being made even more beautiful than it is.

A short travelogue created by Murray Rosenberg, who served as Honorable Secretary of the English Zionist Federation. It is the earliest full film created in Palestine and the earliest Zionist film.

This is a non-fiction film about the Manhattan Trade School for Girls. In 1911, few women got education beyond primary school (especially in the big cities that were full of immigrants). Because of this, women were very limited in their employment options and received very low wages. The idea of this one year trade school was to help these young ladies get a leg up on a variety of trades. Oddly, much of what you see in the film does not seem that related to job skills--such as physical education

Italian documentary showing various winter activities.

Two gypsy girls playing for money in the streets are seen by a susceptible fellow, who follows them and finally engages one in conversation. He takes her out on the lake for a row and is discovered by the girl's father on their return to the shore. The father in his terrible rage drags the girl to the bridge and picking her up bodily throws her into the waters beneath. The lover sees the deed, calls the police and has the gypsy arrested, and plunging into the stream from the bridge rescues the girl of his dreams.

Italian documentary on mountain climbing.

Monsieur is a prosperous man in Paris, and is just sending his young daughter to complete her education at one of the nearby convents. From the affection shown between father and daughter it is evident that her mother no longer survives. News reaches him of the disaster which sweeps away his entire fortune and leaves him penniless. He writes to his daughter and tells her of the great change in their affairs, and that America seems the only hope of retrieving his fortunes. In New York, we find that he has taken a very modest little apartment, to which he, months later, brings the daughter, who takes up her share of the work and does the cooking. She receives an invitation from a girl chum to attend a party, where she meets the girl's brother, with whom she falls in love. When he and his sister come to call at the little apartment they are welcomed by Monsieur, but as the old man has an engagement at the club, departs.

Early Balkan footage.

Early Balkan footage.