British Mutoscope And Biograph Company Movies

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...

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...

Queen Vilhelmina greeting the crowds after the coronation.

A moving tour through lively turn-of-the-century Southampton.

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...

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...

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

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

"This is the last ceremonious public appearance of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The picture was taken in Phoenix Park, Dublin, April 4th, 1900, and...

Horatio Herbert Kitchener gets an enviable welcome on his return from the Second Boer War.

The pope taking a twilight walk.

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

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

An amusing picture showing a quarrel between an elderly husband and his young wife, and a joyful reconciliation.

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

"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...

Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...