All Films

Herding cows

A street scene in Berlin near Hallesches Tor.

A street scene in Toulouse. Catalog no. 157.

A group of black youths jumping from a dock into the water.

In a sunny open air setting with a background of high, deep foliage trees, and a white-walled storeyed house, an acrobat with light shirt and trousers and white plimsolls is doing acrobats in a trapeze in the center of the area. Behind it, a pair of men in similar dress seem to be carrying barbells from one place to the other, rather then exercising with them.

Campinos on horseback drive small herds of cattle through the vast area of the traditional fair, before prospective buyers.

Short made in Mexico.

Short about parading troops in Mexico.

Two women and a man come aboard a small boat. On the dock, friends and family are waving goodbye, until the boat moves out of focus.

A tram arrives to pick up passengers.

Short made in Mexico

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

A Lumière street scene of Paris showing the traffic of horse carriages.

A train arrives in Cologne Central Station and employees and travellers are seen on the platform.

On a makeshift stage three pairs face-to-face in peasant clothes are dancing Minho's traditional step dance. The clothes are more close to Santarém folklore than the northern province of Minho.

Mexicans doing a rodeo.

Short film from (1896)

Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

The earliest surviving footage of bustling Victorian Bradford. A girl stands centre, possibly selling something to passersby. A small brass band marches through. Tram tracks are clearly visible and a steam tram goes through the scene, heading towards the camera before passing to its right. Plenty of male bicyclists can be seen on the road weaving around the horse drawn carts. The film has no official attribution. The North East Film Archive catalogue suggests George Henderson, a famous filmmaker from the north east England whilst the catalogue entry at the BFI suggests Mitchell and Kenyon. The film was made looking towards a now demolished building north of the northwestern corner of Bradford Town Hall. The location may be at the northern end of the pedestrianised stretch of Channing Way, next to the eastern side of the Mirror Pool. Almost all the original Victorian architecture of the Town Hall Square has been demolished to make way for the City Park.

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

Actuality film. Late 19th century General Officer ranks and higher cross to a ship over a gangplank. As VIPs they meet some people which we don't get to see, then cross back again, getting caught in a crowd melée at the top of the stairs from the quayside.

An actuality film of an unknown location showing people and traffic moving slowly round each other in a city centre.