British Mutoscope And Biograph Company Movies

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth.

A London fire brigade springs into action.

"The Worthing Station is some distance from the shore, and whenever there is a wreck the life-boat is dragged to the scene on a huge truck drawn by ei...

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

Showing the Austrian Emperor laying the corner stone of a new military barracks.

"An interesting picture of the great inter-collegiate eight-oared boat race of 1899. The picture is taken from the judge's boat, and shows the start a...

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

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid),W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was lessen...

Showing the tapping of the furnace, and the running of the molten metal into the moulds at Elswick yard.

A boy leaves a surprise for a couple sitting down for dinner.

Film by W.K.L. Dickson; Rounding a bend in the track, we behold Windsor Castle.

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

Pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens.

Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont pre...

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

A remarkable picture in many ways. It shows a game between two expert English teams from the go-off to the making of a goal. The photographic effects...

Reenactment of Jesus Christ with his cross.

Men run a training course

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton dock...