Movies: British Mutoscope And Biograph Company

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...

Black hooded pallbearers carry a coffin in a funeral procession in front of onlookers....

"In his characterization of Capt. Dreyfus and Emile Zola."...

A London fire brigade springs into action....

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 group of monks in procession carrying a large crucifix in Vatican City, 1898....

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production....

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...

Sailors clamber up the rigging. Filmed at Portsmouth....

Windmills along the River Zaan....

Many gondolas in Venice harbour with a fishing boat in the background...

"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was taken from the deck of one tug which was tumbling and tossing in the immense rollers, while the tug that ...

Sailors disembarking on the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Shot on 68 mm Mutoscope-Biograph....

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....

Carriages carrying Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Amsterdam...

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....

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Prince Edward of York, executing the manual of arms, attended by Prince Albert, and Princess Victoria, of York....

The SS 'St. Louis' departs from Southampton Docks...

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