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Filmed on a mountain railway from Caux to Rochers de Naye, Switzerland. Originally filmed in 68mm. The film was advertised as being available in...
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.
Motoring on the Hoheweg
Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
Indian Scene of Procession
A pretty feature of life at the Handeck Inn on the renowned Grimsel route.
Feeding the Handeck Rabbits
Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.
Lace Making at Muerren
A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...
New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
Débarquement de M. le président à Alger
Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...
The Wintry Alps
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
Ski Jumping Competition
Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends,...
The Magic Lantern
Ski Racing Up and Down Hill
The Fate of the Artist's Model (1903) shows a young woman and her baby who are abandoned by her artist lover.
The Fate of the Artist's Model
In September 1903 the ferry line between Gedser in Denmark and Warnemünde in Germany was opened. The images are from the opening of the route...
King Christian IX Receives Grand Duke Friedrich-Franz
It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...
Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
Panorama of the Alps
Fun on the Skating Rink
The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans...
La Sylphide
The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The...
Egyptian Fakir with Dancing Monkey
The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.
Jungfrau Electric Railway
Shows a young black boy and a white boy in a lively set-to. They finally collapse in the centre of the ring after they have fought themselves to a...
A Scrap in Black and White
Seeing New York by Yacht.
Seeing New York by Yacht