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...

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

Dan Leno and his wife celebrating the anniversary of their wedding day.

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

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

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

"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.

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

A single shot of a fleet of warships at sea, with a sunset sky superimposed from another sequence to complete the effect.

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 British Mutoscope & Biograph production.

The boulevard in front of the Kurhaus, with pedestrians and a terrace.

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

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

"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous...

Naval Exercise, United Kingdom

Film shot by W.K.L. Dickson at Maidenhead Junction, 1898.

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...

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