From Charles Urban Trading Company Studios
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1904
Venice and the Grand Canal
Venice and the Grand Canal1 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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1906
Automobile Fête Before King Alfonso and Princess Ena
Automobile Fête Before King Alfonso and Princess Ena1 1906 HD
Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.
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1904
Edge's Motor Boat. The Napier Minor
Edge's Motor Boat. The Napier Minor1 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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1912
Drill of the Reedham Orphans
Drill of the Reedham Orphans1 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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1904
Elephants Bathing in Ceylon River
Elephants Bathing in Ceylon River1 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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1904
Perzina's Troupe of Educated Monkeys
Perzina's Troupe of Educated Monkeys1 1904 HD
Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.
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1903
The Wintry Alps
The Wintry Alps1 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
Franco-British Exhibition
Franco-British Exhibition1 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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1907
Moir-Burns Boxing Match
Moir-Burns Boxing Match1 1907 HD
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
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1905
Building a British Railway Arrival of the Scotch Express at Rugby
Building a British Railway Arrival of the Scotch Express at Rugby1 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
Fishing with Cormorants. Isle of Yeso, Japan
Fishing with Cormorants. Isle of Yeso, Japan1 1911 HD
Early 20th century film footage of Japan.
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1906
The Warwick Pageant
The Warwick Pageant1 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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1904
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines1 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
A Trip Around the Kentish Coast
A Trip Around the Kentish Coast1 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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1912
Scenes on the Cornish Riviera
Scenes on the Cornish Riviera1 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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1908
In and Through China: China of the Present Day
In and Through China: China of the Present Day1 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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1907
A Trip Through British North Borneo
A Trip Through British North Borneo1 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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1906
King Edward VII Launches HMS Dreadnought from Portsmouth Dockyard
King Edward VII Launches HMS Dreadnought from Portsmouth Dockyard1 1906 HD
Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".