Te nuinga i Tirohia Tuhinga ka whai mai Paul's Animatograph Works

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth...

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then...

Trick film. A stage magician transforms a woman into a butterfly and himself into a giant bat. This film is considered lost.

Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make...

Four men of different ranks play a game of tetherball on a ship's deck.

Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a...

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.