1909 Movies

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

In a small town 30 km outside of Naples, you’ll find Nola, famous for its late June Lily Festival known in Italy as the Festa dei Gigli. The celebrati...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Black Sheep is a 1909 drama

A man strips, jumps rope, "walks" and goes down the stairs, all while standing on his head.

A Saturn film directed by Johann Schwarzer.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

The first film vision of another seminal Japanese folk legend. Momotarô, the boy who was conceived when his elderly parents ate a magic peach and were...

Images from the entrance by boat and through the exhibits of the Konstindustriutställningen, which began in June.

Images of Marstrand

A boy finds a kaleidoscope on the street and uses it as an opportunity to charge bystanders to look through it.

Showing a weird invention, called hypnotic mirror, in action. Placed before anyone the polished surface reflects the actual thoughts within their mind...

A short film showing the industrial process of jute works in India.

A woman is shown various wallpaper samples, in a short displaying the Kinemacolour process

Japanese horror movie from 1909.

Documentary footage shot around Naples. Coastline around Lake Fusaro (Pozzuoli). Wheat threshing. Fishermen. Hunting lodge used for oyster farming. Pe...

A tour of central London locations, including Whitehall and Trafalgar Square. An important document for Edwardian London.

When a Jewish man mistakenly puts a sovereign in a slot machine, he goes to extraordinary lengths to try to retrieve it.