Movies: British Mutoscope And Biograph Company

1899
King John (1899)
King John
4.91899HD
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...
1900
Tram Journey through Southampton (1900)
Tram Journey through Southampton
6.51900HD
A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton....
1899
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899 (1899)
Australian Cricket Tourists of 1899
01899HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company....
1898
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed (1898)
Irish Mail – L.& N.W. Railway – Taking up Water at Full Speed
3.51898HD
Backward tracking shot of a train going from Bushey, England, near the end of its journey to Euston....
1898
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii (1898)
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
3.31898HD
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...
1897
Has He Hit Me? (1897)
Has He Hit Me?
1.51897HD
Two boxers miss their punches - until they don't....
1897
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House (1897)
Afternoon Tea in the Gardens of Clarence House
2.51897HD
Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds of Clarence House....
1898
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina) (1898)
The Queen and the Queen Mother on the Palace Balcony Responding to the Call of the Populace (Coronation of Wilhelmina)
01898HD
Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation....
1898
Me and My Two Friends (1898)
Me and My Two Friends
5.51898HD
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....
1899
Amann, the Great Impersonator (1899)
Amann, the Great Impersonator
01899HD
"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."...
1898
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1 (1898)
Pope Leo XIII Walking at Twilight, No. 1
01898HD
The pope taking a twilight walk....
1898
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104 (1898)
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
4.81898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company....
1898
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel (1898)
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
31898HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company....
1899
Her Majesty the Queen Arriving at South Kensington on the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Victoria & Albert Museum (1899)
Her Majesty the Queen Arriving at South Kensington on the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Victoria & Albert Museum
11899HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company....
1898
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade (1898)
The Vatican Military Guard, Consisting of a Detachment of Noble Guards, Commanded by Count Pecci, Followed by a Palatine Guard of Honour, Swiss Guard, Gendarmes and Fire Brigade
01898HD
A parade in the Vatican....
1898
The Grand Canal, Venice (1898)
The Grand Canal, Venice
3.71898HD
"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."...
1899
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton (1899)
The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton
11899HD
Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks. The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton docks....
1900
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns (1900)
Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns
4.51900HD
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company....
1899
Man Overboard! (1899)
Man Overboard!
61899HD
Sailors practice rescuing someone who's fallen overboard....
1898
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway (1898)
Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway
01898HD
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....