From Charles Urban Trading Company Studios


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    Venice and the Grand Canal

    Venice and the Grand Canal

    1 1904 HD

    View of the Grand Canal in Venice from a boat believed to have been made in either 1901 or 1904 and as part of the series "Through Italy with the...

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    Automobile Fête Before King Alfonso and Princess Ena

    Automobile Fête Before King Alfonso and Princess Ena

    1 1906 HD

    Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.

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    Edge's Motor Boat. The Napier Minor

    Edge's Motor Boat. The Napier Minor

    1 1904 HD

    Powerboat racing was a brand-new sport in 1904. Selwyn Edge initially won the race off Cowes (Isle of Wight) in the British-made Napier Minor as a...

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    Drill of the Reedham Orphans

    Drill of the Reedham Orphans

    1 1912 HD

    Purely, Surrey orphanage fundraising event with children performing choreographed military-style drills, believed to be filmed somewhere between 1904...

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    Elephants Bathing in Ceylon River

    Elephants Bathing in Ceylon River

    1 1904 HD

    Lomas, a talented photographer specializing in wildlife and hunting subjects, turned his hand to filming for Charles Urban, making several trips to...

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    Perzina's Troupe of Educated Monkeys

    Perzina's Troupe of Educated Monkeys

    1 1904 HD

    Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.

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    The Wintry Alps

    The Wintry Alps

    1 1903 HD

    Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

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  • 1908
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    Franco-British Exhibition

    Franco-British Exhibition

    1 1908 HD

    Originally it was called White City because when it opened, all the buildings were painted white. It was a fairgrounds, intended to celebrate the...

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    Moir-Burns Boxing Match

    Moir-Burns Boxing Match

    1 1907 HD

    The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.

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    Building a British Railway Arrival of the Scotch Express at Rugby

    Building a British Railway Arrival of the Scotch Express at Rugby

    1 1905 HD

    It's the view out of a railroad car near the engine as it navigates among a choice of tracks and takes off through the countryside.

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  • 1911
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    Fishing with Cormorants. Isle of Yeso, Japan

    Fishing with Cormorants. Isle of Yeso, Japan

    1 1911 HD

    Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

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    The Warwick Pageant

    The Warwick Pageant

    1 1906 HD

    t's one of those pageants from history, in which Roman centurions fight caveman with halberds, Queen Elizabeth arrives in a carriage, and another...

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    Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines

    Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines

    1 1904 HD

    It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts...

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  • 1913
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    A Trip Around the Kentish Coast

    A Trip Around the Kentish Coast

    1 1913 HD

    After leaving the town of Margate, we are taken upon a trip along the coast, visiting Ramsgate Harbor and its splendid beach crowded with pleasure...

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    Scenes on the Cornish Riviera

    Scenes on the Cornish Riviera

    1 1912 HD

    The Great Western Railway-sponsored tour of Cornwall, visiting Saltash, Looe, Polperro, Newquay, Truro, Falmouth, The Lizard, Penzance and St Ives,...

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    In and Through China: China of the Present Day

    In and Through China: China of the Present Day

    1 1908 HD

    These extraordinary views of life and landscape in Beijing were filmed during the last years of China's Qing dynasty, before the 1911 Xinhai...

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    A Trip Through British North Borneo

    A Trip Through British North Borneo

    1 1907 HD

    Showing the progress of the natives from barbarism to industrial development. This unique and beautiful series contains the best photographic results...

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    King Edward VII Launches HMS Dreadnought from Portsmouth Dockyard

    King Edward VII Launches HMS Dreadnought from Portsmouth Dockyard

    1 1906 HD

    Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

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