1901 Movies

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

The subject is a group of women bathing in a public swimming pool. The camera was placed on the edge of the pool and the full extent of the film shows...

Persons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this fi...

This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of attract...

Stage star Anna Held (1872-1918) riffs on her once-famous scene from the comedy Papa's Wife (1899-1901) featuring a naif getting tipsy on her first ch...

This picture was secured from a launch furnished by Mr. Eager, President of the California Construction Co....

A daredevil rides his bicycle down a ramp and attempts to land in a pool of water as a crowd of spectators watches.

This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil c...

A female impersonator giggles and flirts. By the following decade, many female impersonators would be shown doing their acts on the stage and in the m...

The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with ma...

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

Batley go down to Lancashire rivals Salford in the very first season of the Northern Rugby League.

Shot against a painted backdrop of river with town on other bank & mountains behind. Throwing medicine ball while group of men watch, at least one bla...

Female graduates and gents sporting spectacular Edwardian whiskers take part in Birmingham’s first Degree Day ceremony.

The might of the British Navy struts its stuff down the Manchester Ship Canal.

A young man's telephone call to his sweetheart is intercepted by her father, who beats him with his umbrella.

James J. Jeffries throwing the medicine ball. An absolutely perfect picture of the champion heavyweight of the world.

Larking about during Church Lads' Brigade drill and parade in Morecambe.

A rare glimpse of early Edwardian Manchester when the horse-drawn tram still reigned supreme.