Movies: British Mutoscope And Biograph Company

[DUPLICATE of 'Away Aloft'] Portsmouth training...

A camera sits on top of a moving train, providing a panoramic view of Ealing (western London) as the train moves....

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production....

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

Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard....

Recovering from a severe illness (likely typhoid), W.K.L. Dickson received word from London that the audience's enthusiasm for the military was lessening. He sent back this celebration of the expanding empire in response, capturing the annexation cer...

Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston....

Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to com...

Nothing more novel than this picture could be shown to an American audience. The view was taken in the doorway of a peasant's hovel. The family, in gala attire, from the grandfather down to the baby, are entertaining some visiting friends. Wine is br...

A beautiful view of one of the most celebrated spots in the French capital. A magnificent fountain is playing in the background of the picture, and elegant equipages drive by....

"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 and first part of the race."...

A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligula in far distance. A troop of soldiers, or possibly more performers, march past. W K L Dickson who is directing the action can apparently b...

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations, vistas and a tunnel under the Conwy Castle (misspelled in the title) in North Wales....

Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column....

Single panning shot of the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta....

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

A sweet little girl is seated in the bow of a life-boat feeding crackers to a magnificent St. Bernard dog, while a tabby cat dozes and blinks at her side....

Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in the Boer War, 25 January 1900....

The pope resting....

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many magnificent historical palaces. The photographic work is unusually fine."...