1902 Movies

This is one of four two-minute extracts from a two to three-hour procession, held to commemorate her legend in Coventry on the afternoon of 9th Septem...

A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.

The ornate pavilions of cinematographs, boxing booths and menageries at Hull Fair.

A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto de...

A very clever and interesting picture. A family group composed of grandpa, mamma and several children are seen about a library table. One of the littl...

A Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.

Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.

A sorcerer conjures an old witch and instructs her to seek a maiden. Said maiden is assigned with the task to lure a young traveler inside the castle....

Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling water in the harbor,...

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth...

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the e...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The inauguration of the Marey Institute in 1902.

Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.

The President is seen standing in front of the Auditorium on a small platform which was built for the occasion. Mrs. Roosevelt is standing at his left...

A thief named Barabbas and Jesus are brought before Pilate, Pilate says Christ innocent. People say "Crucify him and deliver us Barabbas!"

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

It is the depths of winter, and the snow is falling. The desolate landscape casts a melancholic note over the scene. A poor peasant woman awaits her h...

Short domestic scene featuring Percy Stow. A print survives at the BFI.

Alexandra (1844-1925),daughter of Christian IX, married in 1863 to Prince Edward (1841-1910),who after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 became King Ed...